The Horseman

André Pierre, artist

1914–2005, active 1940s–2004

The Horseman, circa 1970

Where object was made: Haiti

Material/technique: possibly oil; hardboard

Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 40 x 30 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 15 3/4 x 11 13/16 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 16 3/4 x 13 x 1 1/4 in

Credit line: Mary Lou Vansant Hughes Collection

Accession number: 2011.0316

Not on display

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The Ties that Bind: Haiti, the United States, and the Art of Ulrick Jean-Pierre in Comparative Perspective

People from all walks of life have participated in the ongoing struggle for Haiti’s freedom and liberty, whether during the Haitian Revolution and subsequent occupations of Haiti (including the American occupation from 1918–1934), or internal fights against dictatorships and oppressive military regimes. Ducasse’s Parade depicts such a scene, although it is not clear whether the spectators mock or participate in this display of military force. Spirits, like people, are thought to have played an important part in achieving freedom. In The Horseman, the artist André Pierre—himself a hougan, or Vodou priest, who was renownd as a painter of Haitian lwas (spirits)—portrays Ogou, the warrior god of Vodou tradition.