Savain Petion “Marchandes” oil painting – sold

“Marchandes” by Petion Savain
24″ x 16″ – Oil on Canvas (stretched)
Petion Savain , Born in Port-au-Prince in 1906.  Often considered the founding father of Haitian modern art as he received recognition for his work in 1939, five years before the creation of the “Centre d’Art”. Was also a lawyer, author, art teacher and newspaper columnist.  His paintings are in permanent exhibitions around the world. Died in 1975.

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Description

Original Haitian fine art for collecting and home or office decoration.

Petion Savain exhibited around the world and sought after by collectors.

Signed lower right, year 1972 – Oil on canvas – 24″ X 16″ inches  (may show signs of age)

Authentic piece by the master himself.

Petion Savain , Born in Port-au-Prince in 1906.  Often considered the founding father of Haitian modern art as he received recognition for his work in 1939, five years before the creation of the “Centre d’Art”. Was also a lawyer, author, art teacher and newspaper columnist.  His paintings are in permanent exhibitions around the world. Died in 1975.

(1906 – 1975) Savain studied at the Haitian School of Agronomy and earned a law degree. He decided to learn painting in 1931, and in 1939 published his first book, La Case de Damballah. In 1940 his painting entitled “Market” won a bronze medal at the New York World’s Fair. He studied at the Art Students’ League in New York in 1941, where his second book, Oeuvres Nouvelles, was published a year later. In 1943 Savain was studying fresco technique with Jean Charlot, tempera painting with Stephane Hisch and wood sculpture with John Taylor Arms. Savain’s personal style has been copied by many Haitian artists, but his pinks and purples are instantly recognizable, as is his use of semicircles and triangles in which painted figures crouch or sit. (Biographical information above taken from Haitian Arts by Marie-José Nadal-Gardere and Gerald Bloncourt – Paris, 1986).

Additional information

Weight 10 lbs
Dimensions 24 × 30 × 5 in
Artist

Petion Savain

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