Othon Obin 16"x20" Rural Scene 1980 Oil on Masonite Painting #3-2-95MFN Artists/Blaise St. Louis Emmanuel Pierrette

Emmanuel Pierrette

Musée d'Art Nader

warm harmonious color

Gervais Emmanuel Ducasse was considered the most genuine of the Haitian primitive painters

The composition is anchored by a metal dish filled with apples and grapes

Othon Obin 16"x20" Rural Scene 1980 Oil on Masonite Painting #3-2-95MFN Artists/Blaise St. Louis Emmanuel PierretteThis is an original 16"x20" vintage painting of a rural scene on board by the known Haitian primitive painter. It is sold unframed. Othon Obin was born on April 2, 1920 (Son of Snque Obin). After Frres de l'Instruction Chretienne Primary School and Lyce National Philippe Guerrier High School, he worked from 1937 to 1941 as a mechanic. From 1943 to 1961, he was employed by the American Division of S. H. A. D. A. as a mechanic and later by the Pote Cole