Etzer Charles (1945-2021) 30”x24" Romantic Night 1976 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #4-2-95GSN-NY
Etzer Charles (1945-2021) 30”x24" Romantic Night 1976 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #4-2-95GSN-NY
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$6,000.00
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$7,500.00
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$6,000.00
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Description
Description
Etzer Charles’s Romantic Night (1976) is a compelling Haitian nocturne that draws the viewer into a quiet, cinematic moment under a vast midnight sky. A single lamplight pools warm gold onto the earth, illuminating two figures in hushed conversation outside a modest home—an intimate narrative rendered with confident brushwork and dramatic contrast. The deep blues and charcoal tones heighten the sense of atmosphere, while the restrained composition focuses attention on gesture, mood, and the glow of human presence against the night. With its strong emotional pull and timeless storytelling, this work makes a striking statement piece for collectors who appreciate narrative realism and the poetic side of Haitian painting. This artwork comes from the private collection of Georges S. Nader in New York and will be shipped directly from the collection. It is offered for sale as-is. A Certificate of Authenticity will be issued by Myriam Nader Haitian Art Gallery upon purchase.
About this artist
About this artist
Etzer Charles (June 25, 1945–February 20, 2021) was a Haitian artist born in Jacmel who combined a diplomatic career in France with an active life in painting and cultural leadership. He completed classical studies at J.M. Henriquez in Jacmel and at Lycée Pétion in Port-au-Prince, later graduating in economics from the Faculty of Law in Port-au-Prince. Inspired early by watching his brother paint, Charles began working as a self-taught artist in 1962. In 1975, he moved to France to study political science at the University of Paris. While pursuing diplomacy abroad, Charles continued to paint and exhibit regularly. In 1986, he helped found the National Association of Haitian Plastic Artists in Port-au-Prince and served as its president—an important contribution to the institutional support of Haitian visual arts. Charles’s paintings are rooted in realism yet borrow formal elements from surrealism. Geometric shapes interlock and twist into unstable architectural structures, visually echoing the social disorder and ambient tension of Haiti’s contemporary life. In Haiti et Ses Peintres, Philippe Michel Lerebours notes how this controlled disruption becomes a defining feature of Charles’s style and message. Art critic Gérald Alexis has also described him as “a master of the narrative style,” emphasizing how his work depicts social disturbances in Haiti. Etzer Charles died in Paris, France, on February 20, 2021, leaving a legacy of intellectually driven, socially engaged Haitian painting.
