Lyonel Laurenceau 30"x24" Young Women Having Lunch 1991 Acrylic on Canvas Unframed Painting #2FC Genres/Historical Scenes Erzulie Mapiangue (Erzulie the Suckler)

Erzulie Mapiangue (Erzulie the Suckler) Deals with the pain of childbirth and the protection of unborn and newborn babies

and his career took off very rapidly

" You read so much about what is bad in Haiti

This painting represents a rural scene from Savanette

He began his professional life as a photographer

Lyonel Laurenceau 30"x24" Young Women Having Lunch 1991 Acrylic on Canvas Unframed Painting #2FC Genres/Historical Scenes Erzulie Mapiangue (Erzulie the Suckler)This refined figurative composition by Haitian artist Lyonel Laurenceau depicts two young women seated together at a table enjoying a quiet lunch. Painted in 1991, the work combines portraiture and still life within Laurenceaus distinctive structured composition. The figures, wearing wide brimmed hats, appear engaged in a calm and intimate moment while fruit, flowers, and ceramic vessels are arranged on the table before them. Laurenceau organizes the