Gerard Fortune: Art Imbued With a Passion for Life, Nature, and the Gods
Gérard Fortune — who signs his work exclusively with his surname, Gérard — was born in 1925 in Petionville, Haiti. He was originally a houngan (Vodou priest) and pastry chef, and he did not start to paint until around 1980. His paintings are imbued with his passion for life and close connections to nature and the gods. His work appears in most books on Haitian Art. Seldon Rodman, for example, devotes a large fraction of a chapter from “Where Art is Joy – Haitian Art: The First Forty Years” to Gérard, whom he considers to be an expressionist and regards as one of the most imaginative self-taught Haitian painters. Gerard’s work is widely collected and exhibited in Europe and the U.S. (Click on images to enlarge.)
- Marriage
- Marriage du bourgeois
- Couple dans jardin
- Politiciens
- Cailles
- Village
- École en Haiti
- Fleurs à Place St-Pierre
- Panier
- Marchande charbon
- Marchande fruits
- Marchande légumes
- Bonne d’enfants
- Roi Christophe
- Toussaint L’Ouverture
- Garçon Carnaval
- Reine Carnaval
- Adam et Ève
- Cérémonie Vodou
- Cérémonie en mer
- Montant à cheval
- Houngan
- Mambo
- Houngan et Mambo
- Esprit nan pye bwa
- Erzulie Freda
- Erzulie Dantor
- Sirènes
- Erzullie Maitresse
- Baron Samedi
- Guédés
- Filles Marassa
- Musique
- Nid
- Perroquets
Sources: Le Clocher | Electric Art Gallery
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