Description: LARGE AND OUTSTANDING ANTIQUE HAITIAN MODERN IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY REVERED HAITIAN MASTER LAURENT CASIMIR. (Haitian 1928-1990). THIS WORK DEPICTS A VIBRANT GROUP OF HAITIAN PEOPLE REFLECTING THE RICH CULTURAL TAPESTRY AND LIVELY SPIRIT OF HAITI. THE FIGURES ARE STYLIZED WITH EXAGGERATED PROPORTIONS AND EXPRESSIVE FACES RENDERED WITH VIVID COLORS CREATING A RHYTHMIC INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT GIVING THE PAINTING A TACTILE QUALITY. SIMPLY AMAZING. SIGNED BY LAURENT CASIMIR. IT DATES AROUND THE 1960s. GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. MILD WEAR TO THE CANVAS AND SCRATCHES TO THE BRONZE FRAME AS SHOWN. DIMENSIONS: 46”H x 36”W PROVENANCE: PRIVATE ESTATE, BRENTWOOD CALIFORNIA. Laurent Casimir (1928 - 1990) was active/lived in Haiti. Laurent Casimir is known for Paintings. Casimir moved to Port-au-Prince in the late 1940s and is here presented to the Centre d'Art in 1947 by his friend, the painter Dieudonné Cedor. From 1950 to 1956 he attended the Foyer of Fine Arts, founded by a group of intellectuals and modern artists, including Cedor. Casimir was one of the originators of a Haitian archetype market painting, he painted using various shades of red, orange and yellow. His style has been often imitated. Casimir’s work has been exhibited in Haiti, the United States, England, and Brazil. Collectors have appreciated his stylized crowd scenes, his open-air paintings depicting marketplace activity and leisure pursuits, like cockfighting. His work belongs to the permanent collection of Haitian art of the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, IA, and the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee, WI. His name is mentioned in major Haitian art books: “Laurent injects rhythm into densely populated market-places and carnivals by using the interplay of colors.” (Peintres Haitiens, Gérald Alexis, Editions Cercle d’Art, 2000). Casimir's paintings are highly imitated; therefore, we strongly recommend that you know your source before you buy one somewhere else!
Price: 1200 USD
Location: Pasadena, California
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Artist: Laurent Casimir
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Laurent Casimir
Size: Large
Signed: Yes
Period: Post-War (1940-1970)
Material: Canvas
Item Length: 36 in
Region of Origin: Haiti
Framing: Framed
Subject: Figures
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1960s
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 46 In
Style: Modernism, Abstract, Figurative Art, Impressionism, Cubism
Theme: People, Art, Cultures & Ethnicities, Haitian Haiti
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: Haiti
Culture: Haitian Haiti People
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 36 in
Time Period Produced: 1960-1969
