Fernand Pierre was born in 1929 in Carrefore, Port-au-Prince. He took up painting at the Centre d'Art in 1947. He contributed a mural depicting "The Visitation" to the Episcopal Cathedral of Sainte Trinite in Port-au-Prince. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Musee d'Art Haitien du College Saint Pierre in Port-au-Prince, the Figge Art Museum, Milwaukee Museum of Art, and the Waterloo Museum of Art.