Wilbert Philantrope 20"x16" Guidance of Faith 1969 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1YN Artists/Pierre Andre first to Canada

first to Canada

and multidisciplinary creator known for angular

The energetic line work and chromatic contrasts reflect the artist’s mature exploration of abstraction as emotional and spiritual inquiry

It depicts huge yellow pumpkins in a plantation

depicting a bluish human-like figure facing to the right with a hand pointing toward a light orange shape intersecting with a more petite human figure of a man with arms forming a circle over his head

Wilbert Philantrope 20"x16" Guidance of Faith 1969 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1YN Artists/Pierre Andre first to CanadaGuidance of Faith (1969) by Haitian painter Wilbert Philantrope portrays an intimate and timeless scene of mentorship and belief. The painting depicts an elder guiding a young boy toward a village church, rendered through soft geometric shapes and warm, earth toned hues. Philantropes work reflects Haitis modernist movement of the 1960s, when artists in Port au Prince reimagined traditional subjects through abstract design and emotional storytelling.