Pauleus Vital (Haitian, 1918-1984) 24"x30" Village Scene 1972 Oil on Board Vintage Painting #1MFN 21"x25" Depas played a significant role

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Pauleus Vital (Haitian, 1918-1984) 24"x30" Village Scene 1972 Oil on Board Vintage Painting #1MFN 21"x25" Depas played a significant roleA 1972 oil on board by Haitian master Pauleus Vital depicting a hillside village near Jacmel, with brightly painted houses set among dense tropical greenery. A woman sweeps a dirt path near a stone well in the foreground while two men carry sugarcane through the scene, a composition typical of Vital's detailed renderings of Haitian rural life. Vital, born in Jacmel in 1917, trained as a cabinetmaker and shipbuilder before beginning to paint at 38,