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Andre Pierre (1914-2005) 30"x20" Baron Samedi 1982 Oil on Canvas #13-2-96MFN

Andre Pierre (1914-2005) 30"x20" Baron Samedi 1982 Oil on Canvas #13-2-96MFN

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Description

This original painting was signed and painted by the late, famous naive and voodoo painter Andre Pierre. It depicts Baron Samedi ( Loa of the dead) at the cemetery with a top hat, black tailcoat, and dark glasses, as if to resemble a corpse dressed and prepared for burial in the Haitian style. This painting was designed for my father, Georges S. Nader's Collection. This stunning masterpiece now belongs  to my private collection.  Baron Samedi represents the death side of Ghede (Guede). He talks through his nose, is cynical and jovial, and tells broad jokes. His language is full of the unexpected. His tools are the pick, the hoe, and the spade. He is the power behind the magic that kills. He controls the souls of those who have met death due to magic. When he appears (mounting someone at an invoking ceremony), he wears a pair of dark glasses, from which he knocks out the right lens, for with his right eye, he watches those present, lest anyone steal his food. Of especial interest is the testimony of Ghede; when this god mounts his carriers, they are bereft of any sense of self, behave and speak compulsively, and recover knowing nothing of what they did or said.

About this artist

 Andre Pierre is considered one of Haiti's greatest artists, the pre-eminent painter of the Haitian loans, and the worthy successor of noted Hector Hyppolite. His artworks have been published in many books on naive and religious art. He injects rhythms into his works through lines and colors. 

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