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 This is Archives Room 10A.Haitian Art by Gesner Armand To see a painting by Armand that is for sale, click here. Gesner Armand was born on June 11, 1936 in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. In 1956 he joined the Centre d’Art where he began with watercolors. He lived and studied in Mexico from 1958 until the end of 1959, returning to Haiti to do a solo show at the Centre d’Art in December of that year. The next year he was awarded a scholarship by the French goverment and lived in Paris until 1962. He is one of the foremost Haitian impressionists, rendering the heart and soul of Haiti, it’s birds, trees, hats, chairs, cemeteries and children with sensitive sophistication and gradient colors. He became the director of the Museum of Haitian Art at the College of St. Pierre after the death of Pierre Monosiet in 1984 and held that post until 1992.
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| # 140 Gesner Armand 40x30" oil on Canvas "Carnaval Figures". 1985 $7000 framed (in thin black frame) SALE! $3500. SOLD January 2005 * The energy of this painting is too intense to be captured by a digital camera. The colors are deep and rich, and as day becomes evening, an internal light in the painting seems to switch itself on, and the masked figures seem to move toward you out of the gray background. This is a very special painting, not the typical romantic pigeons and flowers of Gesner Armand. The owner of the painting has relocated abroad and wants to place the piece in a good home, at a substantial financial sacrifice. This painting is a steal at $3500 . |
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