Carlo Jean-Jacques was born in Port-au-Prince on May 1st, 1943. He was attracted to drawing at an early age. He studied at the ABC School in Paris then joined Joseph Jacob's art studio in 1963. He left the Jacob studio in 1966 and spent three years leading the life of an impoverished bohemian. In 1969, gradually he came back to life, thanks in part to the aid of Calixte Henri who had a studio at that time. His drawing, with its great purity and long lines, highlights the proud postures and steeliness of the country people who inhabit the capital city's slum quarters. Touched and disturbed by the great misery of the slums, Jean-Jacques renders it in his paintings with a strong emotion, intent on revealing and denouncing social injustice. His art might be defined as depicting the poetry of wretchedness. Carlo Jn-Jacques died in 1990 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. His art is well-known internationally and disputed among art lovers and art collectors nowadays