Penius Leriche (Haitian) Man on Horseback, Bass Museum
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Penius Leriche (Haitian/Jacmel, b.1940)
Man on Horseback (in Flowering Field), circa 1972
Oil on masonite, 22 1/2" x 18 3/4"
framed 23 1/8" x 19 1/8"
Provenance: Distinguished Connecticut Collection; Jonathan Demme Collection
Exhibited/Illustrated: Allegories of Haitian Life (page 82)- Bass Museum, Miami Beach
From Bass Museum Catalog: This compositionally pleasing painting is beautifully rendered. The Natural elements include poetically huge blooming flowers, meticulously detailed leaves adn puffy clouds as enclosures for the horse-riding man.
Bio: Penius Leriche (b.1940) Born in Jacmel on June 2, 1940, Leriche attended primary school at Les Freres du Sacre Coeur at Miragoane before moving on to study at Lycee Toussaint Louverture in Port-au-Prince. Court clerk and teacher were his jobs before becoming a painter. At the behest of painter Guy Desire, Leriche joined the Centre d'Art in 1971. The story goes that he abandoned painting after his work was criticized and became a salesman of honey instead.
Man on Horseback (in Flowering Field), circa 1972
Oil on masonite, 22 1/2" x 18 3/4"
framed 23 1/8" x 19 1/8"
Provenance: Distinguished Connecticut Collection; Jonathan Demme Collection
Exhibited/Illustrated: Allegories of Haitian Life (page 82)- Bass Museum, Miami Beach
From Bass Museum Catalog: This compositionally pleasing painting is beautifully rendered. The Natural elements include poetically huge blooming flowers, meticulously detailed leaves adn puffy clouds as enclosures for the horse-riding man.
Bio: Penius Leriche (b.1940) Born in Jacmel on June 2, 1940, Leriche attended primary school at Les Freres du Sacre Coeur at Miragoane before moving on to study at Lycee Toussaint Louverture in Port-au-Prince. Court clerk and teacher were his jobs before becoming a painter. At the behest of painter Guy Desire, Leriche joined the Centre d'Art in 1971. The story goes that he abandoned painting after his work was criticized and became a salesman of honey instead.
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Penius Leriche (Haitian) Man on Horseback, Bass Museum
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