For more than three decades, textile artist Myrlande has been constantly depicting scenes from Haitian history, religion and daily life by the large-scale, labor-intensive beads embroidery of traditional Wodou flags. Now her work will participate in the permanent collection of the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, as part of a milestone gift of about 100 modern and contemporary Haitian artworks by collectors John Fox Sullivan and his deceased wife Beverly Sullivan.
The Sullivans were old members of the Haitian art company and Has traveled to the Caribbean country more than two dozen times since 1977 and collected an extensive collection of Haitian works of art in the course of four decades. In 2023, she Gifted 15 paintings on the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, which can currently be seen in the exhibition Spirit and Power: Modern art of Haiti.
“The Sullivan collection comprises some of the most renowned artists of Haiti and contains a rare work by Hector Hyppolite, ‘Fete du Morts’ (1946–48), which was previously in the Irving Berlin collection and could not be opened before,” said Karen E. Milbourne, director of the museum Hyperallergic.
Consisting of textile work, metalwork, assemblage and paintings, contains the acquisition of the Fralin Museum contemporary painters Frantz Zéphirin and Louisiane Saint Fleurant, as well as 20th-century artists such as Toussaint Jacques Auguste, Rigaud Benoît and Philomé, who are all the all those who are all the all those who are all the all those who are all of all of those who are all of those who are all of those who are all of the members of the members of the members of the members of the members of the members of the Miloméît, who are all, all of them, all of them. Le Center d’artOne of the oldest cultural organizations in the Caribbean.
“Under the works of Philomé Obin is a self-portrait of the artist who receives a prize, as well as additional works by his brother Sénèque Obin, which makes the opportunity to compare the artistic talent in this family,” said Milbourne, “said Milbourne, who many of the works Reference Haitian and History, Christian and Vodenou-Traditions.
A selection of more than 20 works will be shown in the exhibition Haiti’s timePlanned to open to the public on 30 August and to walk until January 4, 2026. The gift to the museum also includes the establishment of the Sullivan collection -Getting for access and education that will support the care, research and future programming of the artworks.
