Wednesday, October 23, 2013

A 19th Century Haitian Scene


Charles Mackenzie's Notes on Haiti included this interesting reproduction of a Haitian artist outside of Cap-Haitien. Unfortunately, no name was given for the artist, but it's interesting to see a work by a Haitian artist from this period and some of the similarities between this and the so-called naive or untrained 20th century Haitian painters. From one book on Haitian art I found at a thrift store in a Midwestern city, Alexandre Petion promoted the arts and there is a tradition of Haitian art in the 19th century, though few of those works survive. Alas, I would be ecstatic to see more examples of 19th century Haitian art. 

1 comment:

  1. Hey, Yves! Love your blog. I'm really interested in how you learned that this was the reproduction of a Haitian artist - I couldn't find a reference in Mackenzie's book that would confirm so.

    Thanks so much!

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