Paintings by Saincilius Ismael

Ismael was born in Petite-Riviere de l'Artibonite, Haiti, in April, 1940. He belongs to what Pataki, in her book "Haitian Painting" calls the Christian School. Christianity and voudou are thoroughly mixed in Haiti, of course, and it is difficult to know exactly what combination of things influences Ismael's paintings. Interestingly, Nadal and Bloncourt, in their great book, "La Peinture Haitien," illustrates an Ismael Madonna with the description: "A remarkable example of the penetration of Christian art into Voodoo." Whatever his inspiration, Ismael is regarded as one of the foremost contemporary Haitian painters. He began to paint in 1956, and since 1985 has been the director of the Ceramics Center in Deschappelle. 
    
"Madonne et Enfant"            "En Route"	          "Madonne II"    

  (Madonna and Child)         (The Journey)	       (Madonna and Child 2)
 16x20 in.	        16x20 in.                 16x20 in.
oil on canvas	       oil on canvas 	      oil on canvas
SOLD                unframed $1500                 SOLD


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