Raoul Viard (1921-1984) 16"x24" Village by the River c1970 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1RS Genres/Spiritual\/ Voodoo Scenes/Spiritual\/Voodoo Scenes depicting a valley's landscape view

depicting a valley's landscape view with mountains and trees

and nature

and distant hills that fade into a luminous horizon

Jacques Gabriel was born in Port-au-Prince

There are interesting similarities between the sophisticated Ghede and the more bumbling Azacca

Raoul Viard (1921-1984) 16"x24" Village by the River c1970 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1RS Genres/Spiritual\/ Voodoo Scenes/Spiritual\/Voodoo Scenes depicting a valley's landscape viewThe Haitian artist Raoul Viard signed this expressive landscape capturing a rustic village nestled among trees, with a flowing river leading the eye through the composition. Painted with bold impasto and dynamic brushwork, the scene conveys both movement and atmosphere. Viards style combines impressionistic vigor with expressionist intensity, where thick, textured strokes and vibrant color contrasts create a sense of immediacy and emotional resonance.