This is a whimsical and unusual Vintage Modern Biblical Outsider Folk Art Oil Painting on Artist Board, by esteemed 20th century Haitian Outsider artist, Yves Jean-Pierre (b. 1942.) This artwork depicts an idyllic and fantastical depiction of the Garden of Eden, from the Biblical Book of Genesis. Giraffes, elephants, monkeys, various birds, and big cats all share the tropical landscape. A mischievous-looking Adam is hunched over under a giraffe, while Eve sits on the jungle floor, with her back turned to the viewer. Tall fruit bearing trees command the top and central areas of the image, and odd, vaguely human looking tigers and lions peer outward at the viewer. Signed: "Y. Jn. Pierre" in the lower left corner. This artwork likely dates to the late 1960's - 1970's and is a very early original painting by this artist. Approximately 25 x 31 1/4 inches (including frame.) Actual artwork is approximately 24 x 30 inches. Good condition for age, with some mild scuffing and edge wear to the original period vintage wood frame. Acquired in Los Angeles County, California. This is the earliest artwork by Jean-Pierre to ever be offered for sale since the invention of the Internet and depicts one of his most popular and collected subjects. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks!
About the Artist:
Yves Jean-Pierre
Yves Jean-Pierre (20th Century) was active/lived in Haiti. Yves Jean Pierre is known for Painting.
Born in 1942 in Port-au-Prince. In 1965 he studied at the Centre d’Art. He mainly paints jungle and voodoo scenes. His work has become popular with American and European collectors.
Yves Jean-Pierre was born in the ghettos of Port-au-Prince in 1942. Raised in a dysfunctional family, Yves escaped to an ideal world on paper. By age 15, he worked as a dock worker in the busy harbor of Port-au-Prince. He joined the Centre d'Art in 1965. His work consists mainly of small nature scenes. Since the mid-seventies, his amusing jungle paintings, which mix African and Haitian animals and vegetation, have become popular with American and European collectors.
The seemingly boundless imagination of Yves Jn. Pierre, coupled with his wry sense of humor produces charming surprises on the canvas. His mystical spirit paintings border on surrealism, and he has also explored painting on three-dimensional objects such as chairs. This versatile and energetic artist is a generative force in Haitian painting.
YVES JEAN-PIERRE (HAITIAN, B. 1942)
Yves Jean-Pierre was born in the ghettos of Port-au-Prince in 1942. Raised in a dysfunctional family, Yves escaped to an ideal world on paper. By age 15, he was a dock worker in the busy harbor of Port-au-Prince. He joined the Centre d’Art/ The Art Center in 1965. His work consists mainly of jungle and voodoo scenes. Since the mid-seventies, his amusing jungle paintings, which mix African and Haitian animals and vegetation, have become popular with American and European collectors.