Donor
The following artwork has been donated by Gladys Kinoian Lujan '56.
Preview
![image preview](https://digitalcommons.bryant.edu/bryant_art/1037/preview.jpg)
Description
Voodoo ceremony in the forest, numerous figures around the fire.
Voodoo Ceremonydetail.jpg (37 kB)
Voodoo Ceremony - detail
Voodoo Ceremonydetail2.jpg (48 kB)
Voodoo Ceremony - detail 2
Voodoo Ceremony - detail
Voodoo Ceremonydetail2.jpg (48 kB)
Voodoo Ceremony - detail 2
Keywords
Haitian art; Gladys Kinoian Lujan; Andre Pierre
Comments
24" x 36", oil on masonite. Artist: Andre Pierre (b. 1916, Port-au-Prince, Haiti - d. Oct. 4, 2005, Croix-des-Missions, Haiti.) Pierre painted the Voudou deities and spent his life presenting Voudou as a respectable religion on par with other major religions. His work has been featured in the books: Where Art is Joy - Haitian Art: The First Forty Years and Island on Fire: Passionate Images of Haiti from the Collection of Jonathan Demme.