Country Wedding

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The following artwork has been donated by Gladys Kinoian Lujan '56.

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Wedding party with bride and groom on two horses, crossing the river. The groom is on a white horse and the bride is on a brown horse. A man in a gray suit and hat and a woman in a blue dress with a white jacket and hat are to the left of the groom. A woman in a yellow dress with a white hat is between the bride and groom. A man in a brown suit and white hat and a woman in a pink and white dress with a white hat are to the right of the bride. There are green hills and a single tree in the background.

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16" x 20", oil painting. Artist: Philome Obin, (b. 1892, Cap-Haitien, Haiti - d. 1986, Haiti.) Philome Obin's painting style was inspired by the northern region of Haiti, where he was born. This style was considered "magical pseudo-realism" with precise attention to detail characterized by rows of peak-roofed townhouses, elongated shuttered doors, and tiny simplified figures in the foreground. This became known as the "Obin Style."

Obin painted religious pictures for Masonic Lodge No. 6 and murals for the Holy Trinity Cathedral. In 1945, he was given a monthly government salary and organized a branch of Le Centre d’Art in the North. In 1976, he was awarded the highest government honor, The National Order of Honour and Merit.