Gervais Emmanuel Ducasse 30 x 22.  “Ra-Ra at the Presidential Palace”. A Ra-Ra band parades in front of the President’s home (since destroyed by the 2010 earthquake). Gervais Emmanuel Ducasse is a highly collectable artist who was born in 1903 and died in 1988. He was well known for his depictions of historical events and the daily life of rural Haitians.