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Emilcar Similien (SIMIL)1970 Haitian Mod Gold Painting Portrait of African American Woman Emilcar Simil 1970
1970
About the Item
Feu de Joie
1970
hand signed and dated.
Measurements: 25.75 X 25.75 Framed. Image is 23.75 X 23.75
Emilcar Similien, known as Simil was born in 1944 in St. Marc. He finished elementary school in St. Marc and high school in Port-au-Prince. From 1965 until 1971 he studied at the Academy of Beaux-Arts in Port-au-Prince, where he took courses in painting, sculpture, and art history. Simil uses his images of women only as means for displaying patterns, color, and the sparkle of gold jewelry on black skin. He paints with acrylics on Masonite of any size. His surfaces are smooth and polished. Simil delights in beauty, elegance, and grace. This is done in a silhouette style reminiscent of Kara Walker.
Emilcar Simil (Similcar) is known for Acrylic painting in high colors of black skinned female figures. He is of the generation of Haitian artists that include Bernard Sejourne, Prospere Pierre-Louis, Levoy Exil, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, Henri Calixte, Paul Dieuseul, Laurent Casimir, Frantz Zephirin, Denis Smith, Philton Latortue, Philome Obin, Préfète Duffaut, Fernand Pierre, Dieudonne L Cedor. Since 1971 he has taught art history and aesthetics at the Academy of Beaux-Arts. He is also an honorary teacher at the private school Juan Vasquez. In 1974, he traveled to the United States to meet American artists and visit major museums. Simil was influenced by Art nouveau and his favorite artist, Gustav Klimt. These influences are most obvious in his paintings of women. Like Bernard Sejourne, Simil delights in beauty, elegance, and grace. But instead of concentrating on pose, he uses his images of women only as vehicles for displaying pattern, color, and the sparkle of gold jewelry on black skin. Only recognizable as females by their contours, their features are not distinguished. There is a playfulness of line that is very different from Sejourne's emphasis on monumentality.
Emilcar Similien uses his images of women only as means for displaying patterns, color, and the sparkle of gold jewelry on black skin. He paints with acrylics on Masonite of any size. His surfaces are smooth and polished. Simil delights in beauty, elegance, and grace. He has been exhibiting since 1969 namely in Haiti, USA, Denmark.
As Art Critic, Gerald Alexis states in his book Peintres Haitiens "well trained by masters who taught him to excel in his forms, Similien’s works also contain discrete messages” .
EXHIBITIONS
1969- Academie des Beaux Arts
1970- Haitian-American Institute
1971- Salon Dante Alighieri, Amb. d'Italie, Port-au-Prince
1972- Christ, Saut-d'Eau
1973- Anderson and Hopkins Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1974- Galerie Mehu, Petion-Ville
1974- Musee d'Art Haitien, Port-au-Prince
1976- Galerie Monnin, One Man Show, Port-au-Prince
1977- Martello Museum, Key West, Florida
1978- Galleriet, Copenhagen, Denmark
1978-1979 - Haitian Art - Brooklyn Museum, New York, Milwaukee Art Center, Wisconsin, Kunst aus Haiti, Berlin, Germany, New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana
1978- Brooklyn College, New York
1978- Musee d'Art Haitien, Port-au-Prince
1979 - Haiti, Musee d'Art (Third Generation Artists)
1979- Kunst aus Haiti, West Berlin, Germany
1980- Curacao Museum, Willemstad, Curacao
1981- Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction, New York, NY
1982- Galerie Monnin Third Generation Artists
1982- Exhibit Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco
1982- Centre de Arte Cultural, Italy
1982- International Art Expo, New York, NY
1983- Musee International d'Art Naif, Nice, France
1983- Galerie Bukowskis, Zurich, Switzerland
1984- Exhibit Metropolitan Museum of Art
1985- Galerie Bukowskis, Zurich, Switzerland
1985- Cafe de la Paix Exposition, Paris, France
1986- Three Man Show, Port-au-Prince
1988- Galerie 93, Paris, France
1989- IFA Galerie und Kontaktstelle, Bonn, Germany
1990- Exposition du Palais du Rhin, Strasbourg, France
1992- La Rencontre Des Deux Mondes Vue Par Les Peintres D'Haiti - Martinique, Seville, Rome, Paris, Nantes, Angouleme, Laval, Toulouse, Japan, Montreal, United States, Mexico
Haitian art is a complex tradition, reflecting African roots with strong Indigenous, American and European aesthetic and religious influences. Many artists cluster in "schools" of painting, such as the Cap-Haïtien school, which features depictions of daily life in the city, the Jacmel School, which reflects the steep mountains and bays of that coastal town, or the Saint-Soleil School. Centre d’Art, located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was founded in 1944 by American watercolorist DeWitt Peters and several prominent Haitians from the intellectual and cultural circles including: Maurice Borno, Andrée Malebranche, Albert Mangonès, Lucien Price, and Georges Remponeau. Popular artists of this movement include: André Pierre, Hector Hippolyte, Castera Bazile, Wilson Bigaud and Rigaud Benoit. Saint Soleil School, also known as "Movement Saint-Soleil" was founded in 1973 as a rural arts community called Soisson-la-Montagne, in Pétion-Ville, Haiti. This community was started by Jean-Claude Garoute and Maud Robart and they encouraged the academic study of painting.
After Saint Soleil School disbanded, five remaining members of the school were renamed "Cinq Soleil" and include: Levoy Exil, Prosper Pierre Louis, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, Dieuseul Paul, Denis Smith. A second generation member is Magda Magloire, the daughter of Louisiane Saint Fleurant.
- Creator:Emilcar Similien (SIMIL) (1944, Haitian)
- Creation Year:1970
- Dimensions:Height: 25.75 in (65.41 cm)Width: 25.75 in (65.41 cm)
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- Condition:good. minor wear. original frame has some wear. please see photos.
- Gallery Location:Surfside, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38212024242
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