Gesner Abelard (born 22 February 1922) was a Haitian painter and sculptor.
Born in Port-au-Prince, Abelard began life as a mechanic, then studied painting and sculpture at the Industrial School of Port-au-Prince under the painter Humberman Charles.
In 1949, he received a bronze medal at the International Exposition celebrating the bicentennial of Port-au-Prince.
Many of his paintings depict birds, trees and scenes of Haitian life, and he is considered a naïve artist.
You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.He painted The Garden of Eden —sold in 1970– along with other numerous Naive works brought to the U.S. by Yvette Mimieux and Elaine Hollingsworth the same year.