Felix Lafortune
The Sacred Vision of Felix Lafortune Born in Pont-à-Sonde, Haiti, Felix Lafortune emerged not as a classically trained academic, but as a profound voice from the spiritual heart of the Artibonite region. His journey into the world of fine art was an unexpected one, beginning far from the galleries of the elite. For much of his early life, he lived as a farmer and a houngan, a voodoo priest, in the city of St. Marc. His initial creative expressions were not intended for public consumption or aesthetic prestige; rather, they were deeply personal acts of devotion. He began by decorating the wal…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Felix Lafortune's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.