Wilbert Philantrope 20"x16" Guidance of Faith 1969 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1YN Artists/Sufal flowering trees

flowering trees

including visible cracking

The painting consists of intermingling the Black man's profile with the outline of the fruit

Painted in his signature naïve style

and the depiction of bones adds a sense of depth

Wilbert Philantrope 20"x16" Guidance of Faith 1969 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1YN Artists/Sufal flowering treesGuidance 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.