SAINCILUS ISMAEL LISTED HAITI TIGER CAT JUNGLE PAINTING

SAINCILUS ISMAEL LISTED HAITI TIGER CAT JUNGLE PAINTING (image 1/1)
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THIS AUCTION IS FOR: : STANCILUS ISMAEL (1940-2000) LION IN THE JUNGLE OIL PAINTING THIS IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE WORK. ONE OF 4 ORIGINAL EARLY ISMAEL PAINTINGS I ACQUIRED FROM A LOCAL ESTATE. I BELIEVE THEY ALL DATE TO AROUND THE 1960s OR 1970s OR SO. FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ARTIST HIS BIOGRAPHY FROM THE VIVANT ART COLLECTION READS: Born April 24, 1940 in Petite Riviere de L'Artibonite, Haiti. Ismael completed his primary studies at the school 'Freres de Saint Marc' and completed his secondary studies at J.B. Damier and the Lycee Antenor Firmin. Ismael began drawing at age seven, then began to paint in 1956 after visiting the Centre d'Art and the Foyer des Arts Plastiques. In 1967 he led a group of artists who were commissioned to paint the community exposition hall at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Deschapelles. Ismaël spent most of his creative life as director of the Ceramic Centre and Deschapelles. Ismael was a man of great integrity, simplicity and mystery. He was knowledgeable of many things, but inarguably a master in painting. He was a professional agriculture specialist, and had a diploma in masonry. He was political activist and spent seven years in prison for opposing the Duvaliers, Papa and Baby Doc. He was very much respected in the art world, within and outside of Haiti. Ismael is the progenitor of the 'Artibonite read more
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