Paintings by Pierre Joseph Valcin

Pierre Joseph Valcin was born in Port-au-Prince circa 1925. He worked as a mechanic, then as a mason. In the early 1960's he came to the Hall of Plastic Arts with his half-brother, the renowned painter Gerard Valcin. He joined the Centre d'Art in 1966. His work is characterized by scenes from country life, birds perched on blossoming trees, and voudou themes. Outstanding also are his portraits of women with Modigliani-like faces, and slightly distorted, fragile necks. World-famous and widely documented in books on Haitian and naive art, Valcin's paintings are ranked with the finest achievements in Haitian art. 
  
"Au Marche sur Burrique"           "Oiseaux"           "Climing the Palm Tree"  

(To Market on a Donkey)            (Birds)                                    
12x16 in.                   20x16 in.                  16x20 in.
oil on canvas               oil on panel              oil on panel  
unframed $600                   SOLD                      SOLD      

   
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