CASIMIR Laurent (1928-1990) 24"x30" Crowded Market c1970 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1YN Artists/Cadet Ronald while rhythmic patterns of movement

while rhythmic patterns of movement and color create a sense of spiritual harmony and collective devotion

A solitary female figure in the foreground anchors the composition

notwithstanding either good or evil

The artist’s use of detail and warm light evokes a nostalgic sense of Haitian community life

CASIMIR Laurent (1928-1990) 24"x30" Crowded Market c1970 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1YN Artists/Cadet Ronald while rhythmic patterns of movementCrowded Market captures the vibrancy and collective rhythm of Haitian market life through Laurent Casimirs iconic style of dense, colorful crowds. The composition overflows with energyfigures in red, orange, and green gather beneath a luminous Caribbean sky, carrying baskets and goods as they weave among thatched huts. Each figure is uniquely rendered, radiating movement, unity, and the pulse of Haitian daily life. Painted in the 1970s, before Casimir