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| Formation | 1957 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Issa El-Saieh |
| Dissolved | 2005 |
| Type | Haitian art gallery |
| Location |
Galerie Issa is a Haitian art gallery founded, owned and directed by Issa El-Saieh from 1957 until his death in 2005. Based in Port-au-Prince, the gallery featured known Haitian artists, and exhibited primitive, naïve and contemporary style paintings and sculptures.
During it's half-century existence, Galerie Issa promoted Haitian art and culture worldwide, mainly by organising and participating in numerous art exhibitions, particularly in the Caribbean, America and Europe.
History
[edit]Origin (1950s - 1960s)
[edit]In the late 1940s, in parallel to his business and musical career, Issa El-Saieh began buying Haitian paintings, and by the early 1950s, he opened a gallery-shop in his bother Elias Noustas's restaurant and night club Le Perchoir.[1]
During the 1940s and 1950s, Haiti was a popular tourist destination, attracting cruise ships and tourists, particularly in the waterfront area of downtown Port-au-Prince. Thus, in 1957 El-Saieh transferred his shop[2] to rue du Quai, calling it Issa Art Gallery.[3] By the 1960s tourism began to slow down, and in 1964 the gallery was moved to his home, where it became known as Galerie Issa.[1]
Growth (1960s - 1980s)
[edit]Gradually, the gallery grew in size and in terms of sales.[4] By the late 1960s and early 1970s, El-Saieh had over 50 artists working regularly for him. Many of whom had their ateliers on site[5], and several remained exclusive to the gallery until El-Saieh's death.[6]
Artists
[edit]Artists like Villard Denis, Néhémy Jean, Jacques Enguerrand Gourgue, Alix Roy and Gesner Armand worked with El-Saieh in the gallery's early days, before going on to other ventures.[1]
According to the Swedish economist and author, Mats Lundahl:
«Issa played a crucial role in the establishment of a number of the most well-known Haitian naïf painters. He found them, and set them up on regular contracts with his Galerie Issa, providing them with the kind of financial stability that allowed them to concentrate on their painting. The results are to be seen in museums, art galleries, auction houses and private collections all over the world.»[1]
Described as an impresario for artists,[7] El-Saieh launched and supported the careers of many, such as: Gabriel Alix[8], Smith and Sisson Blanchard, Henri and Seymour Bottex[9][10], Jacques Chéry[8], Abner Dubic[8], Préfète Duffaut, Gérard Fortuné[11], Roger François, Félix Jean[12], Yvon Jean-Pierre[8], Philton Latortue[8][13], André Normil[8], André Pierre[14][15], Fernand Pierre, Dieudonné Pluviose, Jerome Polycarpe[8], Dieudonné Rouanez[8], Audes and Charles Saul[8], Micius Stéphane, Josaphat Tissaint - to name a few.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Lundahl, Mats; Saint-Jean, Louis Carl (2012). Issa El Saieh: Maëstro and Legend. Montréal: Les Éditions du CIDIHCA. ISBN 978-2-89454-321-4.
- ^ Nadal-Gardère, Marie-José; Bloncourt, Gérald (1986). La Peinture Haïtienne - Haitian Arts (in French and English). Translated by Bell, Elizabeth. Paris: Éditions Nathan. p. 201. ISBN 9782091615011.
- ^ ""Issa of Haiti Art Gallery on rue du Quai"". Haiti Sun. April 16, 1961. p. 9. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Digital Library of the Caribbean, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
- ^ Gould Stoddart, Veronica (September–October 1987). "Where the buys are". Caribbean Travel and Life. p. 65.
- ^ Williams, Sheldon (1969). Voodoo and the Art of Haiti. Nottingham: Morland Lee Ltd. pp. 51–52, 55, 61. ISBN 978-0234778159.
- ^ "Issa El Saieh 1919-2005". Galerie Macondo. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- ^ Cobb, Charles E. Jr (November 1987). "Haiti against all odds". National Geographic. Vol. 172, no. 5. pp. 664–665.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lauret, Jean-Claude; Depolo, Josip (1979). La Fête et les Naïfs (in French). Paris: Éditions Max Fourny. pp. 65, 158–159, 178, 198–199, 277, 294, 300.
- ^ "BOTTEX Seymour Etienne". Le centre d'art d'Haïti (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ Chicago Gallery of Haitian Art (2016-01-17). S.E. Bottex painting in the atelier of Galerie Issa (1983, PAP, Haiti). Retrieved 2025-01-13 – via YouTube.
- ^ "FORTUNE Gérard". Le centre d'art d'Haïti (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "JEAN Félix". Le centre d'art d'Haïti (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "LATORTUE Philton". Le centre d'art d'Haïti (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ Rodman, Selden (1988). Where Art Is Joy: Haitian Art: The First Forty Years. New-York: Ruggles De Latour. pp. 166, 211–212, 217. ISBN 978-0-938291-01-5.
- ^ "PIERRE André". Le centre d'art d'Haïti (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-13.
Further reading
[edit]- Alexis, Gérald (2001). Peintres Haïtiens (in French). Paris: Editions Cercle d'Art. ISBN 978-2702205853.
- Drot, Jean-Marie (1992). La rencontre de deux mondes vue par les peintres d'Haïti (in French). Roma: Carte Segrete. ISBN 978-88-85203-58-7.
- Drot, Jean-Marie (1974). Journal de voyage - Chez les peintres de la fête et du Vaudou en Haïti. Couleurs de la vie (in French). Genève: Albert Skira.
- Rodman, Selden (1988). Where Art Is Joy: Haitian Art: The First Forty Years. New-York: Ruggles De Latour. ISBN 978-0-938291-01-5.
External links
[edit]- L'art en Haïti (Television production) (in French). January 1, 1950. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA).
- Peintres haïtiens (Television production) (in French). TF1 Actualités Dernière. December 25, 1976. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA).