Gabriel Leveque (1923-2013) 24"x16" Angel Musicians Among Flowers c1970-1980s Oil on Board Unframed Painting#1BN
Gabriel Leveque (1923-2013) 24"x16" Angel Musicians Among Flowers c1970-1980s Oil on Board Unframed Painting#1BN
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This original oil on board by Haitian artist Gabriel Leveque features three angelic musicians playing flutes amid a vibrant field of tropical flowers. With expressive brushwork and luminous Caribbean colors, Leveque captures a feeling of peace, joy, and divine harmony. This artwork comes from a private collector in Miami, Florida, and will be professionally packed and shipped from Miami.
About this artist
About this artist
The Haitian artist Gabriel Lévêque was born in 1923 and died in 2013. In the early days of the Centre d'Art, co-director Selden Rodman invited William Calfee to instruct the primitive painters in the tempera technique for frescos. The Episcopal Bishop Voegeli, over the objection of higher-ups and the local elite, asked Obin, Benoit, Bigaud, Bazile, and Lévèque to decorate the church. It was a masterstroke, and all five artists have gained greater fame. Leveque's angels were above the main altar in the Episcopal Church, which was sadly destroyed during the Haiti 2010 earthquake. "The soft colors Lévèque uses are well suited to his holy pictures," says Gérald Alexis in his book Peintres Haitiens. (Bio Source: Haiti Vooddo Kingdom to Modern Riviera by John Allen Franciscus- pp. 77)
