Préfète Duffaut
Jacmel Harbor, 1956
Oil on Masonite
19 1/2 × 23 1/2 in / 49.5 × 59.7 cm
$ 12,500.00
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Haitian Artist Préfète Duffaut is part of a rare breed of painters who have an instantly recognizable style. This is no easy feat to have achieved. With tens of thousands...
Haitian Artist Préfète Duffaut is part of a rare breed of painters who
have an instantly recognizable style. This is no easy feat to have
achieved. With tens of thousands of painters in the canon of art
history, how many have a style that pops out as unique?
This early
work by Duffaut bears the hallmarks of Modernism combined with the
unique vision of Haitian Naive art. However, Duffaut was most likely
unaware of the currents of Modernist trends in art. Unlike many
painters, he did not travel to Paris or Rome to soak up new ideas.
Instead, he looked inward and let his imagination travel.
The present
work depicts one of his favorite subjects, the harbor of the coastal
town of Jacmel. The scene is viewed from a high elevation. Its rendition
is highly stylized, with flat areas of color, forced and twisted
perspective, and black outlines. It focuses on color relations, pairing
deep cerulean and cobalt blues with punchy oranges and vivid yellows to
create an unexpected, harmonious palette.
This work sets the stage
for his later work, marked by his own brand of spatial composition that
evolved into extreme fantasy landscapes that abandoned observable
reality.
Signed, dated and inscribed lower left. Préfète Duffaut, Avril 56, Haiti. Frame is most likely original. to the painting Frame size 25 x 21 Gallery Inventory number on verso
have an instantly recognizable style. This is no easy feat to have
achieved. With tens of thousands of painters in the canon of art
history, how many have a style that pops out as unique?
This early
work by Duffaut bears the hallmarks of Modernism combined with the
unique vision of Haitian Naive art. However, Duffaut was most likely
unaware of the currents of Modernist trends in art. Unlike many
painters, he did not travel to Paris or Rome to soak up new ideas.
Instead, he looked inward and let his imagination travel.
The present
work depicts one of his favorite subjects, the harbor of the coastal
town of Jacmel. The scene is viewed from a high elevation. Its rendition
is highly stylized, with flat areas of color, forced and twisted
perspective, and black outlines. It focuses on color relations, pairing
deep cerulean and cobalt blues with punchy oranges and vivid yellows to
create an unexpected, harmonious palette.
This work sets the stage
for his later work, marked by his own brand of spatial composition that
evolved into extreme fantasy landscapes that abandoned observable
reality.
Signed, dated and inscribed lower left. Préfète Duffaut, Avril 56, Haiti. Frame is most likely original. to the painting Frame size 25 x 21 Gallery Inventory number on verso