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About Canute Caliste
- Canute Caliste (April 16, 1914 – November 20, 2005) was a naive painter from Grenada. Born Emmanuel Caliste on 16 April 1914 in L'Esterre, Carriacou.
- Caliste was also known as Mr Caliste, "Papa C.C." he was also a fisherman, sea cook, boat builder and master Quadrille violin player.
- Caliste began painting as a child, painting onto boards and any surfaces he could find.Caliste was known as something of an eccentric.
- He claimed to have been inspired by a vision of a mermaid at the age of nine, and to have begun painting soon after.
- Caliste's work can now be find in numerous large collections worldwide.
- He is buried in the Joseph cemetery in L'Esterre.
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