Dieudonne Cedor (1925-2010) 16"x20" Haitian Village Scene c1979 Oil On Canvas Unframed Painting #5ML 40"x24" Haiti on November 17

Haiti on November 17

His work consists mainly of small nature scenes

This painting is made of knotted ropes with shapes outlined in dark brown enclosing camouflage–like patterns of orange

His artworks have been published in many books on naive and religious art

The simplified composition draws attention to gesture

Dieudonne Cedor (1925-2010) 16"x20" Haitian Village Scene c1979 Oil On Canvas Unframed Painting #5ML 40"x24" Haiti on November 17This intimate oil on canvas by Dieudonn Cedor presents a lyrical vision of rural Haiti rendered in the artists signature modernist style. A cluster of modest village houses with warm ochre and rose colored roofs rests beneath towering, elongated trees that rise rhythmically into a misted blue green sky. Figures move quietly through the compositionone woman stands in the foreground with composed stillness, while others walk between homes and open