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ATFA Appraisals sponsors reception, Save A Museum -- Musee d'Art Haitien

ATFA Appraisals is pleased to help sponsor the 4-day exhibition of works by Haitian modern and contemporary artists held at Kenkeleba Gallery in New York, NY September 17 - 21, 2013 where sales aid repairs for the Musee d'Art Haitien du Collège St. Pierre in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Discover the artwork of 78 Haitian artists and help the Musée d’Art Haitien du Collège St Pierre in Port-au-Prince Haiti.  It was severely damaged during the January 2010 earthquake and is still closed to the public more than 3 years later.  78 artists and 7 collectors donated 88 original paintings and 3 lithographies to raise funds for its repair.

The Save A Museum catalog contains an essay by esteemed Haitian art historian, Dr. Michel Philippe Lerebours, with reminiscences from the nieces of the museum's founder, Bishop Al Voegeli, Phyllis Voegeli and Mary Voegeli de Pinho.  This full-color, 52-page catalog is available for sale on the website of the Toussaint Louverture Foundation.  You do not have to attend the reception to purchase artwork.  Contact Toussaint Louverture Foundation: (917) 499-3638, ToussaintLouvertureFoundation@gmail.com.

The artists:

Allen, Jonas Allen, Ralph Antoine, Philippe Antoine, Fritzvelt [Wouwous] Arcelin, Evens Blanchard, Smith Booz, Ludovic Bresilla, Colette [Kokko] Brintle, Patricia Cadet, Marie-Lucie [Malou] Cadet, Vonette Charles, Etzer Charlier, Vladimir Cybil Demosthene, Florine Denis, Raphael Dessalines, Harold Desvarieux, Edouard Dodard, Philippe Domond, Joseph Ernst Domond, Jean-Ricardo Dorsainvil, Gary Dupoux, Marie-Thérèse [Marithou] Durandisse, Jean Durocher, Gontrand Duval-Carrie, Edouard Engels Exil, Levoy Felix, Denise Felix, Lafortune Franketienne Frantz, Jean-Baptiste Fungcap, Essud Gaetan, Eddy Ganthier, Patrick [Killy] Garoute, Michele Claude [Klode] Gaspard, George Patrick Girault, Eric Gousse-Allen, Marie Claude Gracia, François R.

Gregoire, Alexandre Hall, Myrtha Jean, Elie Jourdain, Philippe Juste, Andre Lahens-Esper, Genevieve [Iris] Laplanche, Tiffany Latortue, Odile Laurent, Maccene Laurent, Renold Legrand, Yolene Lerosier, Kepler Lesperance, Guetty Leveque, Gabriel Louis, Jean-Elie Louissaint, Franck Marcelin, Michele Voltaire Merisier, Emmanuel Mezilas, Frenal Nadal-Gardere, Marie-Jose Nicolas, Christian [Kristo] Paret, Robert Paul, Lionel [Onel] Phipps-Kettlewell, Marilene Piard, Patrice Piquion, Elisabeth Moscoso Placide, Joseph M. E. [Milo] Rocher, Camy Saint Jean, St Juste Smith, Abnet [Zag] Sufal, Edner Syllien, Guy Télémaque, Hervé Tintin, Eddy Tintin, Jean René Volcy, Jean Dominique Vorbe, Gregory Wah, Patrick Gerald Woolley, Frantz

The collectors who donated artwork:
A. Paul Corbanese Denise Felix Harold Laplanche Jacqueline Pompilus	Charles Vabre Mary Voegeli de Pinho Phyllis Voegeli

Henri Robert Bresil (Haitian, 1952-1999)

Over the last five years, the artwork of Henri Robert Bresil (Haitian, 1952-1999) has received low estimates starting at $200 and high estimates of $ 2,500 for realized sales at auction.  The highest sales price occurred at the May 22, 2011 20th Century Art and Design sale at Treadway Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Lot 716, "Harvest Landscape" sold for $3,000.  Dated circa 1980, the oil on canvas on board depicts people at work on land and water.

Bresil was born in Gonaives, in the northwestern region of Haiti in September of 1952. Although he started to paint at a rather young age, his career really began only after he settled in Port-au-Prince in 1973.

He is known for his great landscapes; jungle scenes, with a mass of stylized trees that invade the canvas without leaving room for the sky. The whiteness of a waterfall, the red of one or more birds or the yellow of some fruits often enlightens the green that dominates his canvases. The composition is always repetitive and elaborate, creating a very decorative and popular effect.

Bresil has received glowing reviews in art and decoration magazines. Art critics particularly appreciate his work for his perfectionist techniques and the meticulous execution of his compositions.

He won the Ispan-Unesco prize of honor at the Museum of Haitian Art. He has had shows in the United States as well as in Europe. He exhibits in many galleries in Haiti and abroad. He is very popular in Japan, where they are fond of his delicate and refined jungles.

Bresil died in the first week of April 1999.

Source: MedaliaArt, August 2013

"Harvest Landscape," c. 1980, oil on canvas on board, 48" x 70"