Haiti and the Art of Paul-Henri Bourguignon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9250065 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erika Bourguignon (The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 173-188 |
| Publication date | 2004-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in African Literatures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-5210 • E-ISSN: 1527-2044 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/ral.2004.35.2.173 |
| OpenAlex | W2009586070 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
In the spring of 1947, the Belgian artist Paul-Henri Bourguignon (1906-88) arrived in Haiti for a brief stay. He remained for fifteen months. What he found there affected his work deeply, and did so for the rest of his life. He had traveled widely before the war, exploring, beyond his own region, what were then far away and exotic places: Spain, Corsica, Yugoslavia, North Africa. He had felt deprived of the freedom to wander—among other freedoms—during the time of the German occupation. Now he craved the skies and the colors of the South, and the pleasure of dépaysement that he had found in alien lands
Art · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |