Gervais Emmanuel Ducasse (1903-1988) 16"x20" "En Allant au Marche" 1975 Oil On Board Unframed Painting#1YN Quisqueya Mon reve d'une nouvelle Haiti He began to paint in

He began to paint in 1963 under the direction of painter-sculptor Jean Marques Valbrun in a surrealistic style

including visible cracking

Then one day in 1985

Entirely self-taught

Gervais Emmanuel Ducasse (1903-1988) 16"x20" "En Allant au Marche" 1975 Oil On Board Unframed Painting#1YN Quisqueya Mon reve d'une nouvelle Haiti He began to paint inIn En Allant au March, G. E. Ducasse captures a charming slice of Haitian rural life with bold outlines and vivid tropical color. Two women in blue dresses lead their donkeys laden with goods toward the village market, passing a bright green house framed by palm trees and blooming vegetation. The artists distinctive line work and flattened perspective give the scene both rhythm and narrative energy. Painted in 1975, this work exemplifies Ducasses