Gerard Bruny

Aida Wedo is the consort of Agoue, god of the sea in Hatian voudou. She is the sister of Damballah represented here by the snake. The perimeter of the painting shows the alliance between Agoue and Damballah

Demonstrating an extraordinary imagination, Duffaut perhaps more than any other Haitian painter, paints the product of his dreams. His fantastic cities and boat-filled harbors, contiguous houses, churches, post offices, electric wires, and itinerant peasants are not of this world, but still manage to possess great innocence. His imaginary world may have come about because of a very unhappy childhood. Brought up by an unkind stepmother, Duffaut withdrew into himself and escaped into an imaginary world on paper. His drawings helped him overcome despair. By age twelve he worked as a shipwright like his father, crossing imposing mountains to get to the coast for work. One day he relates that the Virgin appeared to him, telling him to decorate the church walls in his hometown of Jacmel with her image. His murals there came to the attention of DeWitt Peters at Le Centre d'Art in Port-au-Prince who encouraged the artist to continue painting.

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Byron, Bourmond (1920/23–2004)

     Cantave, Joseph (1963–    )

 Joseph Cantave "Trois Coastal Sirenes" 24"x36" oil on canvas. Painted in 2001. Private Collection.

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Riguad Benoit Haiti 1911-1986 Choucoune (Yellow Bird) 69.0029

The blighted tree is one of the most frequently used motifs of Haitian artists. It is a powerful symbol of the crises brought about by slavery in past centuries and the excesses and repression of the Duvalier regimes in the twentieth. The ecological devastation wrought by François Duvalier and his son and successor Jean-Claude have rendered Haiti a wasteland in many areas. Benoit represents this devastation by painting a forest of amputated trees surrounding a manbo (vodou priestess). However, Benoit provides an image of hope despite the suffering. The trees sprout new growth while life, symbolized by the birds, returns to the forest. Benoit's friend, artist Yves Michel, has stated that this painting is based upon a popular song, "Choucoune" ("Yellow Bird") sung by Haitian singer Martha Jean-Claude.

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M. M. Obin Haiti unknown Le Bon Vieux Temps du Cap Haitien (The Good View, Times in Cap Haitien) 92.0007

Philome Obin Haiti 1892-1986 Fête de l'Armée d'Haiti (Haitian Army Holiday) 98.0026

Philome Obin Haiti 1892-1986 La Naissance de Jesus (Nativity) 98.0025

Philome Obin Haiti 1892-1986 U.S. Marines versus Guerrillas 92.0008

Seneque Obin Haiti 1893-1977 L'amour de calvaire 2000.0025

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