Add to your art collection this original 24"x36" artwork signed by the late famous Haitian artist Galland Semerand. This painting represents a gingerbread house in Haiti, and it is an original oil on canvas and dated circa 1990. 

This artwork belongs to the private collection of Georges S. Nader and is sold As-Is. It is in good condition.

Galland Semerand was born in Cap-Haitian in 1953. He is from the workshop of Philome Obin. " Semerand's use of detail is derived from the realism typical of artists from Le Cap, but his paintings also reflect a certain idealization" Gerald Alexis in his art book "Peintres Haitiens." 

Gingerbread houses are an  that originated in  in the late 19th century. Gingerbread was coined by American tourists in the 1950s, who appreciated the style which bore similarity to that of the -era buildings in the . The movement of the type began in 1881 with the . In 1895, three young Haitians, Georges Baussan, Léon Mathon, and Joseph-Eugène Maximilien, traveled to  to study architecture and were inspired to build upon the nascent architectural movement and modified the style to the climate in Haiti by designing homes with vibrant patterns and dazzling colors to the French resort architecture.

The gingerbread house by design combines architectural knowledge that stemmed abroad into understanding the  climate and its living conditions. They were constructed with tall doors, high ceilings, with steep  to redirect hot air above its inhabitable rooms, along with a cross-breeze of  windows on all sides instead of glass to offset the most scorching of days. Flexible  with the innate ability to weather some of the most brutal storms and  built with wrap-around . The houses are usually constructed out of wood, , stone, and clay.

This specific architectural heritage in Haiti is now seriously threatened as the natural aging of the wood, the weather, the high cost of restoration and repairs are all slightly favorable to the survival of this monumental. The style has been nominated to the . However, only five percent of the estimated 300,000 houses were partially or fully collapsed due to the , compared to 40% of all other infrastructures that were considered to be in necessary condition, which leaves U.S. conservation experts to believe that this architecture can be a model for the seismic-resistant activity of the future. (Wikipedia). 

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