Ersulie Mompremier Explained

Ersulie Mompremier (alternate spellings Erzulie, Ersuille, and Ersuille) is a Haitian artist.She is married to Madsen Mompremier and in 1978 began studying painting with him.[1] Mompremier's artworks highlights daily Haitian life in direct contrast to her husband's compositions. Along with being a painter she is a community worker in Haiti.[2]

Public collections

2007 – two untitled artworks accepted to the Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa

(One artwork is in the Seattle Auction Gallery sold/owned? by Klein James)

Paintings in museums

The Fruit PickersFramed oil on masonite, The painting depicts two women in a lush landscape picking fruit. Signed lower left. Measures 9.75" x 7-5/8". Framed measurement 15" x 13.25".[3]

UntitledOil on masonite, "the painting depicts a crowd of people some being costumed in the midst of a Ra Ra celebration in front of 5 houses along with a person selling something in the foreground of the painting." Signed lower right. Measures 15.5" x 19.88". Framed Measurement 20" x 24.75".[4]

UntitledOil on masonite, "The painting depicts a crowd of people selling hot drinks, beans, fruit and cloth. There is a cane field in the background." Signed lower right. Measures 15.88" x 24". Framed Measurement 20.875" x 28.625".[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ersulie Mompremier. Haitian Art Company. Haitian Art Company. 24 March 2018. 19 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190719151145/http://haitian-art-co.com/artists/mmompremier.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Ersulie Mompremier . Galerie Macondo. 24 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Ersulie Mompremier The Fruit Pickers. Liveauctioneers.com. Live Auctioneers. 24 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Waterloo Center for the Arts Collection Database, AGOUE, Ersulie Mompremier. Waterloo Center for the Arts. Waterloo Center for the Arts. 24 March 2018.