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Schnelange Valcin Art-Expo Valcin II, Inc P.O.Box 290947 Tampa Fl 33687 813-263-6345 |
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Fravrange Valcin(Valcin II)
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All paintings of VALCIN II are sold with a certificate
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Gerard VALCIN Gerard Valcin Born 1923 he was, by profession, a setter of tile. The precision and oderly balance of his paintings may owe something to their delicate work He changed and perfected his present style in 1968. Haiti voodoo KINGDOM TO MODERN RIVIERA. |
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GERARD VALCIN Port au Prince, 1923 Gerard Valcin is a happy man ; he enjoys life to its fullest. Whatever he does, “Le Bon Dieu” is with him. Gerard is serious only when he talks about his belief in voodoo. To his mind, it is the LOAS who have helped him to succes. The poverty of his parents allowed Gerard only three years of school , after which he became a tile setter. He decided to become a painter after various encounters with artists whose work left him dissatified. In 1959 he took a sample of his work to the Centre d'Art where Dewitt Peters encouraged him to continue. As soon as he began to earn money from the sale of his paintings, he gave up tile setting and devoted all his energies to art. Most of Gerard's work consists of voodoo scenes or depictions of country life. Scenes which are pervaded by rhythm of drums are usually his best . No other Haitian artist has brought out the voice of the drum, so essential to Haitian life , as consistently and convincingly as has Valcin The circles of worshipers, the omvements of the field workers and market women , even the arrangement of piles of baskets, are dictated by that rhythm . Rhythm is ascented by stylized folds that underline the motion of the bodies. |
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