Jacques-Enguerrand Gourgue (1930-1996) 36"x28" Seats At The Ceremony (Vodou Scene) 1960-1970 Oil on Board Painting #10-SM 24"X36" 5" x 13" oil on

5" x 13" oil on canvas depicting dancers turning like flames in an endless whirlpool by the sound of the music

1930-1996) was one of Haiti's most renowned painters of the 20th century

(Haiti Voodoo Kingdom to Modern Riviera

Set against a cool mountain backdrop beneath a luminous sky

A founding member of the Centre d’Art in Port-au-Prince

Jacques-Enguerrand Gourgue (1930-1996) 36"x28" Seats At The Ceremony (Vodou Scene) 1960-1970 Oil on Board Painting #10-SM 24"X36" 5" x 13" oil onSeats at the Ceremony by J. E. Gourgue is a powerful Haitian Vodou composition centered around a sacred tree surrounded by empty ceremonial chairs, ritual vessels, offerings, and symbolic objects. Executed in Gourgues distinctive surrealist style, the painting evokes the spiritual atmosphere of a Vodou gathering suspended between the visible and invisible worlds. The dramatic opening within the tree trunk glows with fiery red and orange tones,