Philomé Obin
Haitian Carnival, 1950 -1960
Oil on Masonite
24 × 30 in / 61 × 76.2 cm
$ 30,000.00
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This work is by Haiti's second-most-important artist, Philomé Obin. Hector Hyppolite stands at the top of the list and just sold a painting for almost $450,000. If art history is...
This work is by Haiti's second-most-important artist, Philomé Obin. Hector Hyppolite stands at the top of the list and just sold a painting for almost $450,000. If art history is a guide, the other painters in the Haitian school should follow Hyppolite's rise. br Philomé Obin has carved out his own distinctive style. It's grounded in meticulous attention to detail combined with a keen sense of patterning and design orchestration as he documents the world around him. The current work is a great example of Obin’s graphic talents as he nods to a moment in Haitian history. br The condition an br Signed lower right. Frame by House of Heydenryk. Provenance: Astrid and Dr. Halvor Jaeger, Regine Chassagne & Win Butler. br Frame Size - 37.75 x 31.50 br Obin in Select Museum Collections: MoMA, NY (1948 Accession, Inter-American Fund); National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (2023 Accessions, Kay and Roderick Heller and Beverly and John Fox Sullivan). br Philome Obin's first solo show was held in NY, 1949. The following year Obin was the feature painter in an exhibition of 19 Haitian artists at the modern art Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. br Philomé and his brother Sénèque 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.