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Marché Cluny - Market at Cap-Haitien - Haitian Street

Creator: Seneque Obin
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
A bustling street scene of everyday life in front of the famed Marché in Cap-Haïtien is rendered in Sénèque This is a relatively early work by Obin's signature brightly colored and flat naive style.
Signed lower right.
Provenance: Galerie Issa - Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - Owned by Issa El Saieh of later named El Saieh Gallery

Sénèque Obin (1893–1977) was born in Limbé, Haiti. He was a Haitian-based artist who produced street scenes, still-life paintings, and historical scenes. He is considered one of many masters of the Haitian Renaissance. Obin's brother Philomé and Hector Hippolyte are the most famous Haitian artists and were among these innovators during the Haitian artistic Renaissance starting in the 1940s.
Obin joined the Centre d'Art in 1948[2]". Centre d'Art established a public initiative for Haitian art. Obin and his family were crucial to the success of the Cap-Hatien School of Art.[5] The organization "...promoted intuitive artists and introduced their paintings and sculptures to the marketplace."[6]

Sénèque and his brother were members of the Masonic brotherhood which reflected in their works. The brothers incorporated many masonic symbols into their pictorial space as a result of their loyalty to the brotherhood
Overall good condition. Some nicks and scrapes on the surface most notable under close inspection.
Three inches of the frame on the lower left corner has broken off in diagonally.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	Haiti
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Oil on Masonite
Condition:	Good. Overall good condition. Some nicks and scrapes on the surface most notable under close inspection. Three inches of the frame on the lower left corner has broken off in diagonally.
Creation Date:	1959 circa
Styles / Movements:	Surrealism, Outsider Art, African American
Incollect Reference #:	695564

Dimensions

W.	30 in;	H.	24 in;
W.	76.2 cm;	H.	60.96 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.