VINTAGE FOLK ART OIL PAINTING FAMOUS HAITIAN ALEXANDRE GREGOIRE VOODOO CEREMONY. Original Haitian art painting for collecting and home or office decoration. Alexandre Gregoire is listed and well known by collectors b. Subject: Voodoo Ceremony Size: 15(W) X 24 (H) (Add 2 frame size). Medium: Oil on canvas. May show some signs of age , overall good (small crackelur top right). Alexandre Grégoire (August 29, 1922 July 28, 2001) was a Haitian painter who typically depicted scenes of Vodou, daily life, and historical events in the naïve style. Born in Jacmel, Grégoire was educated from 1930 to 1937 by the Christian Teaching Brothers, and then studied cabinet making at the Jacmel vocational school for two years. In 1939 he joined the army and played the tuba and saxophone in the army band. He stayed in the army until the 1950s; during the presidency of Paul Magloire he left the military and joined the band at the National Palace. In 1968, with the encouragement of his friends Préfete Duffaut and Pierre-Joseph Valcin and the help of the Centre dArt in Port-au-Prince, Grégoire began painting. All major credit cards. The item “VINTAGE FOLK ART OIL PAINTING FAMOUS HAITIAN ALEXANDRE GREGOIRE VOODOO CEREMONY” is in sale since Thursday, April 19, 2018. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “beauxarts18″ and is located in Homestead, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Artist: Alexandre Gregoire
- Medium: Oil Painting
- Style: Black Folk Art
- Subject: Religious, Voodoo Ceremony
- Date of Creation: 1970-1989
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
- Originality: Original
- Width (Inches): 15
- Height (Inches): 24
- Region of Origin: Latin America, Caribbean, Haiti
- Color: Purple
- Painting Surface: Canvas
- Features: Framed
- Quantity Type: Single-Piece Work