Andre Pierre (1914-2005) 24"x36" Ceremony by the River c1970 Oil on Board Unframed Painting #2YN Artists/Dimitri Weiner (ASGARD) Gérald Alexis described his work

Gérald Alexis described his work as embodying the “typical sincerity of Haitian folk expression

and rhythmic balance reveal Dorléans’s refined modernist approach and deep sense of harmony

” though he later experienced significant stylistic changes due to periods of depression in the late 1950s

and flattened architectural planes—demonstrates the aesthetic vocabulary that defined his mature period in the late 1970s

three white doves glide gracefully across the foreground—symbols of purity and hope

Andre Pierre (1914-2005) 24"x36" Ceremony by the River c1970 Oil on Board Unframed Painting #2YN Artists/Dimitri Weiner (ASGARD) Gérald Alexis described his workThis masterful oil on canvas by Haitian artist Andr Pierre (19142005) portrays a sacred Vodou ritual by the river, where devotees gather under intertwining tree roots to offer food, drink, and prayers to the spirits. Painted circa the 1970s, the work glows with mystical energy, vivid color, and intricate symbolism. Pierre, one of Haitis most celebrated painters and a devoted Vodou priest, transformed spiritual devotion into transcendent visual form.