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Wilson BigaudWhat Are They Looking At ? Sexy Nude Naive Caribbean Art , Swimming Pool Party1975 -1985
1975 -1985
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A young man at a crowded upper-class Haitian swimming pool attracts attention. We see him only from the back in a Magritte like pose. Transfixed expressions of some of the nubile bare-breasted bathing beauties and one man with his hands down his pants give us a clue that the mystery man is special.
This is a fascinating work packed with drama and overflowing with pent-up emotion.
Bigaud's narrative is as complex as his figural composition of lookers and swimmers. Notice the sight lines of the lookers go back to front while the two swimmers go from left to right. The twenty-two figures are contained in the rectangular shape of the pool, which is pushed to the front of the picture plane. The cars of the pool partygoers are seen in the background with one witness. He is fully clothed and is most likely a chauffeur. The fully clothed female at the pool offering food is a servant. A boxy-looking radio with a pack of cigarettes and the style of the cars give glue to the date. Most Haitian art depicts average working people. The pool party departs from that tradition and shows life of the Haitian upper class. Most likely, this was painted in Petion-Ville. The higher the elevation in Port-au-Prince the more wealthy the homes. Although the artist's painting technique may be described as naive or lacking polish.
It's one of the reasons why the work radiates charm and interest.
The painting is oversized with huge dimensions of 55 x 48 and will be a statement in any room. Wilson Bigaud is considered to be a Haitian master. The condition is good. Three repaired one-inch issues on the extreme center and upper right edge. Visible only on close inspection. Otherwise presents very well and is elegantly framed,
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Haitian master Wilson Bigaud is renowned for works portraying everyday life and rites of passage—vodou rituals, fortune-tellers, weddings, cockfights, and carnivals—with voluminous figures and lucid colors. Born in Port-au-Prince, in 1946 Bigaud was among the first to attend DeWitt Peters’s Le Centre d’Art d’Haïti, where he studied with Hector Hyppolite, called the “Grand Maître of Haitian Art.” His talents quickly became known locally and internationally. Bigaud’s landmark work, Terrestrial Paradise (1952), depicting an Edenic scene in lush colors, won second place in the Carnegie International when the artist was 21. Another painting, Murder in the Jungle (1950), was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art and featured in a 1967 survey of mid-century Latin American and Caribbean art. Bigaud also created murals commissioned by Port-au-Prince’s famed Holy Trinity Cathedral. His mental health brought his career to a halt in 1957, and although he returned to painting in the 1960s, Bigaud’s later works did not achieve the same success as his earlier paintings.
- Creator:Wilson Bigaud (1931 - 2010, Haitian)
- Creation Year:1975 -1985
- Dimensions:Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Width: 48 in (121.92 cm)
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- Condition:Two one-inch issues on the extreme center right edge. Visible only on close inspection. Otherwise presents very well. and is elegantly framed,.
- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU385311451452
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