Ersulie Mompremier
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Ersulie Mompremier (alternate spellings Erzulie and Ersuille) is a Haitian artist. She is married to
Madsen Mompremier Madsen Mompremier (born 1952) is a Haitian oil painter, known for his depictions of Vodou gods (lwa). Biography Mompremier was born in 1952 in Gonaives, Haiti. In 1972, he moved to Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ...
and in 1978 began studying painting with him. Mompremier's artworks highlights daily Haitian life in direct contrast to her husband's compositions. Along with being a painter she is a community worker in
Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
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Public collections

2007 – two untitled artworks accepted to the Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa (One artwork is in the Seattle Auction Gallery sold/owned? by Klein James)


Paintings in museums

''The Fruit Pickers'' Framed oil on masonite, The painting depicts two women in a lush landscape picking fruit. Signed lower left. Measures 9.75" x 7-5/8". Framed measurement 15" x 13.25". ''Untitled'' Oil on masonite, "the painting depicts a crowd of people some being costumed in the midst of a Ra Ra celebration in front of 5 houses along with a person selling something in the foreground of the painting." Signed lower right. Measures 15.5" x 19.88". Framed Measurement 20" x 24.75". ''Untitled'' Oil on masonite, "The painting depicts a crowd of people selling hot drinks, beans, fruit and cloth. There is a cane field in the background." Signed lower right. Measures 15.88" x 24". Framed Measurement 20.875" x 28.625".


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mompremier, Ersulie Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century women artists Haitian women painters