Gérard Fortuné
By: Gaël Monnin, Pascale Monnin
Contributors: Monnin, Gaël, editor; Monnin, Pascale, editor
Series: Collection Monnin; Collection Monnin
Publisher: Galerie Monnin
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Pétion-Ville]
Language: fre
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9789993571674
Subjects: Catalogs; Black Painters; Black Artists; Haitian Painting; Haitian Art; Primitivism in art; Modern Painting; In art
Other titles: Gérard Fortuné.; Gérard Fortuné. English.; Gérard Fortuné. Haitian French Creole.
Work titles: Paintings
Description: Gérard Fortuné (1925), who signs his work exclusively with his given name, Gérard, was originally a houngan (Vodou priest) and pastry chef. He is a self-made artist, Gérard who has been painting original and unique naïve art since the 1970's. His work appears in many 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 111).

In French, English, and Haitian French Creole.
Table of contents: title: Les débuts = Early Gérard; title: La vie quotidiane = Daily life; title: Historie & politique = History & politics; title: Mystique & religieux = Mysticism & religion; title: Animaux & créatures fantastiques = Animals & fantastic creatures; title: Ses femmes, ses esprits = Women & spirits; title: Nature = Still life; title: Biographie = Biography.