Original 1990’s Haitian Painting. Original Haitian art painting for collecting and home or office decoration. Signed: Prospere Pierre Louis (BIO below). Subject: Figures, Faces, voodoo. Style: Primitivism, OusiderArt “Saint-Soleil movement”. Featured in Candice Russell “masterpieces of Haitian art”. The Saint-Soleil Movement began in 1973, under the direction of the artist TIGA (Jean Claude Garoute). TIGA provided art supplies for the self-taught artists, many of whom were peasants living in an isolated community in the mountains above Port-au-Prince. Acrylic on Canvas – Stretched. Physical Condition: Very Good The Saint Soleil group disbanded after only a few years but five of the artists, Prosper, Levoy Exil, Denis Smith, Dieuseul Paul, and Louisiane Saint Fleurant reorganized into the group “Cinq Soleils”. After years of labor Prosper’s technique greatly evolved and he become a prominent and respected member of the local art community. His flourishing career came to an abrupt end when he died prematurely of an asthma attack in November 1997. À la suite de son voyage en 1975 en Haïti, qui sera aussi son dernier, André Malraux décide de consacrer un chapitre entier de son livre L’intemporel – la Métamorphose des Dieux édité chez Gallimard en 1976 au mouvement Saint Soleil. Évidemment l’ouvrage contribue de manière foudroyante à la reconnaissance mondiale de ces artistes perdus au milieu d’Haïti. Malraux illustre une pleine page de son livre avec une ouvre de Levoy Exil et ose même écrire page 330 Picasso voulait que ses tableaux du Palais des Papes atteignissent la liberté qu’atteint celui de Levoy Exil parce que le peintre haïtien ignore la peinture des autres. Mais ces tableaux d’Avignon sont manifestement des ouvres professionnelles du XXe siècle postérieures au cubisme, et dont la frénésie d’échapper à l’art appartient à celui-ci, alors que le peintre haïtien ne tente pas d’échapper à un englobant qu’il ignore. Malraux est impressionné par la force et la qualité des ouvres de Saint-Soleil qu’il trouve très proche de l’art brut. All major credit cards. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “beauxartsgallery” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
- Region of Origin: Latin America, Haiti
- Handmade: Yes
- Artist: Prospere Pierre Louis
- Production Technique: Acrylic Painting
- Framing: Stretched
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Haiti
- Style: Folk & Indigenous, Folk Art, Outsider Art
- Material: Acrylic
- Type: Painting
- Features: Stretched, Signed
- Subject: Religious, Voodoo
- Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes
- Culture: Voodoo
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Painting Surface: Canvas
- Date of Creation: 1990-1999
- Signed: Yes
- Width (Inches): 10
- Signed By: Prospere Pierre Louis
- Year of Production: 1994
- COA Issued By: Gallery
- Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
- Color: Multi-Color
- Height (Inches): 44
- Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work