found: Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed December 13, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Bigaud, Wilson; painter; born in 1931 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti; was introduced to 'na{uml}ive' painting by Hector Hyppolite; his canvas Paradis terrestre was recognized as masterpiece of Haitian art; produced the Noces de Cana (Miracle of Cana, 1951) decorating the Episcopal Cathedral of Port-au-Prince; impressive self-portrait (1958); depicted African spirits and Haiti's African-derived Vodou religion in Le Serment sur la montagne (Sermon on the Mountain); Roman Catholic and European elements in Le Portement de Croix (Cross Carrying) and in La Veillée (The Wake); famous paintings such as Rara in a Far Out Village (1952); achieved worldwide exhibits and fame)