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les oiseaux (birds)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Legoueix workshop. n°4/6. Circa 1970. It was in 1953 that Jean Picart le Doux proposed to Chaye to become his assistant and encouraged him to design tapestry cartoons : he would produce numerous bucolic cartoons, but also views of Normandy (Mont Saint Michel, Honfleur, regattas,...) whence he came. Here birds and trelliswork cohabit in a style very reminiscent of Picart le Doux. -
Abatonn
Tapestry woven in the Saint-Cyr workshop. Complete with certificate of origin signed by the artist, n°EA1. Circa 1980. Originally an engraver (Prix de Rome, intaglio technique in 1942), Jean-Louis Viard designed his first tapestry cartoons in the mid 1950’s. At first his work was figurative (he was collaborating at the time with Picart Le Doux), but then he evolved along the same lines as many other painter-cartoonists of the period (Matégot, Tourlière or Prassinos,...) towards abstraction. He produced scores of cartoons working up until the 2000’s, in parallel to his work as a painter and engraver, but throughout revealing a particular interest for the use of contrasting materials and textures in the tradition of the “Nouvelle Tapisserie” of which Pierre Daquin was one of the leading lights. The inspiration for his motifs, sometimes metaphysical (“Mémoires” Memories, “Destins” Destinies,…) is wide-reaching, from astronomical infinity « ténèbres solaires » solar darkness) to the microscopic (« Mutation végétale” Plant mutation) : a profuse and varied production, regularly exhibited at his home, in various public and private exhibition spaces and, most significantly, at the Salon Comparaison of which he was the curator for the Tapestry section. Origin : the artist’s workshop -
Ichtyonis
Tapestry woven in the Raymond workshop. Complete with certificate of origin signed by the artist, n°EA1. Circa 1980. Originally an engraver (Prix de Rome, intaglio technique in 1942), Jean-Louis Viard designed his first tapestry cartoons in the mid 1950’s. At first his work was figurative (he was collaborating at the time with Picart Le Doux), but then he evolved along the same lines as many other painter-cartoonists of the period (Matégot, Tourlière or Prassinos,...) towards abstraction. He produced scores of cartoons working up until the 2000’s, in parallel to his work as a painter and engraver, but throughout revealing a particular interest for the use of contrasting materials and textures in the tradition of the “Nouvelle Tapisserie” of which Pierre Daquin was one of the leading lights. The inspiration for his motifs, sometimes metaphysical (“Mémoires” Memories, “Destins” Destinies,…) is wide-reaching, from astronomical infinity « ténèbres solaires » solar darkness) to the microscopic (« Mutation végétale” Plant mutation) : a profuse and varied production, regularly exhibited at his home, in various public and private exhibition spaces and, most significantly, at the Salon Comparaison of which he was the curator for the Tapestry section. Origin : the artist’s workshop -
Adam et Eve
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Robert Four workshop. With label, n°EA 1/2. Circa 1990. A specialist in the painting of murals, particularly on volcanic stone, Francesca Guerrier, whose style can be described as figurative influenced by cubism, concentrated mainly on the human figure and produced much art of religious inspiration. The picture from which this tapestry is produced is reproduced on the cover of a book “Peintures bibliques de Francesca Guerrier”, éditions du cerf, 1998. -
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Legoueix workshop. 1997.Provenance : Sautour-Gaillard workshopA pupil of Wogensky at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués, Sautour-Gaillard had his first cartoon woven in 1971 by the Legoueix workshop (a collaboration which was to last), and from then on he designed many very large-scale projects of which the most spectacular was “Pour un certain idéal” a series of 17 tapestries dealing with the theme of Olympianism (property of the Musée de l’Olympisme in Lausanne). If at first close to lyrical abstraction, the artist produced in the 1990’s cartoons superimposing different decorative motifs, textures and figures whose unity originated in the woven texture itself. The 2 waistcoats from the exhibition « Archéologies » which was held at the Inard gallery in 1997, are evidence of the wish expressed at the period by people from Aubusson, which was going through difficult times, to widen their activity : Sautour-Gaillard, who was himself an enthusiastic collector of fabrics, reveals here the same inspiration as in his contemporary woven collages. Bibliography : D. Cavelier, Jean-René Sautour-Gaillard, la déchirure, Lelivredart, 2013, ill. p.6, (worn by the artist) 296
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La rivière d'argent (the silver river)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Hamot workshop to the artist’s cartoon. With certificate of origin signed by the artist. Circa 1960. It was in 1953 that Jean Picart le Doux proposed to Chaye to become his assistant and encouraged him to design tapestry cartoons : he would produce numerous bucolic cartoons, but also views of Normandy (Mont Saint Michel, Honfleur, regattas,…) whence he came. A classic cartoon in the naturalistic vein of this particular artist, who made a speciality of enclosures, hedges and riverbanks with animals. -
Rêve gris (Grey dream)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Glaudin-Brivet workshop. With signed label, n°6/6. Circa 1980. -
Chasse à courre (Riding to hounds)
Tapestry woven in the Moulin de Vauboyen workshop. Circa 1970. -
Composition
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Andraud workshop. Circa 1960. -
Epouvantail de lunes (Moon scarecrow)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Pérathon workshop Complete with certificate of origin signed by the artist, n°1. Circa 1970. Better known for his machine woven panels reminiscent of the work of Picart le Doux, Hurtu also made a few rather more inspired cartoons which were hand woven. -
Concerto
Tapestry woven by the Saint-Cyr workshop. With signed label, n°1/6. Circa 1970. An unknown artist, whose inspiration finds its source in the instruments and theory of Music ; a geometric evocation of a keyboard and the stave serve as a framework for the cartoon. -
Figure de trois (Triplet)
Tapestry woven by the Saint-Cyr workshop. With signed label, n°1/6. Circa 1970. An unknown artist, whose inspiration finds its source in the instruments and theory of Music ; a geometric evocation of a keyboard and the stave serve as a framework for the cartoon. -
Coquerelle (Pasque flower)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Legoueix workshop. With label, n°4/6. 1967. -
Soleil pour Maria Pia (Sun for Maria Pia)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Pinton workshop. With label, n°1/3. Circa 1970. Holger was a student at the Ecole Nationale d’Art Décoratif d’Aubusson and worked with Lurçat before the latter’s death in 1966. He designed numerous dream-like cartoons woven by the Aubusson workshop. Now settled in the United States, he remains a tireless advocate for, and witness to, modern tapestry design, organising exhibitions and lectures on the subject. -
Courrier Sud (mail heading south)
Aubusson tapestry, woven for Jean Laurent. With label, n°1/6. 1976.Better known for his geometrically inspired paintings incorporating on occasion mechanical elements, Gachon who came originally from Aubusson, did however design a certain number of tapestry cartoons. This particular example is somewhat atypical of his work. -
La huppe rouge (the red hoopooe)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Picaud workshop. With signed label, n°3/6. Circa 1970. -
Portrait
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Pinton workshop. With label, n°1/6. Circa 1980. -
Joyau (gem)
Tapestry woven by the Braquenié workshop. With label, n°1. Circa 1975. -
L'oiseau lyre (the lyrebird)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Pinton workshop. With label signed by the artist, n°3/6. Circa 1960. Jean Picart le Doux is one of the foremost figures in the renaissance of the art of tapestry. His earliest contributions to the field date back to 1943 when he designed cartoons for the passenger ship “la Marseillaise”. A close associate of Lurçat, whose theories he would adopt (limited palette, numbered cartoons...), he was a founding member of the A.P.C.T. (Association des Peintres-cartonniers de Tapisserie), and soon after, a teacher at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. The state gave him several commissions most of them at the Aubusson workshop, and some at the Gobelins : the most spectacular of these being for the University of Caen, the Theatre in Le Mans, the passenger ship France or the Prefecture of the Creuse département ... In as much as Picart le Doux’s aesthetic is close to that of Lurçat, so also is his inspiration and his subject matter, although in a register which is more decorative than symbolic, where he brings together heavenly bodies (the sun, the moon, the stars...), the elements, nature (wheat, vines, fish, birds...), man, literary quotation ... This lyrebird motif dates from 1954 and is taken from a larger and richer design incorporating a garden « à la française ». Picart le Doux habitually recycled elements from earlier designs. Bibliography : Marthe Belle-Joufray, Jean Picart le Doux, Publications filmées d’art et d’histoire, 1966 Maurice Bruzeau, Jean Picart le Doux, Murs de soleil, Editions Cercle d’art, 1972 Exhibition Catalogue, Jean Picart le Doux, tapisseries, Musée de Saint-Denis, 1976 Exhibition Catalogue Jean Picart le Doux, Musée de la Poste, 1980 -
Sarabande
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Pinton workshop. With label. 1954. -
La nuit (the night)
Tapestry woven by Claire Rado's workshop. With signed label. Circa 1965. -
L'oiseau d'argent ( the silver bird)
Aubusson tapestry woven by Jane Perathon's workshop. With signed label, n°6 Circa 1970. -
Composition
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Jean Laurent workshop. N°2/6. Circa 1980. -
Crescendo
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Legoueix workshop. With label, n°2/6. Circa 1980.This tapestry is reproduced in the publication « Tapisserie d’Aubusson » produced by the Guéret Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the beginning of the 1980’s to illustrate the technical prowess of the Aubusson tapestry workshops. -
Les mauvaises herbes (Weeds)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Four workshop. With signed label, n°6/8. Circa 1980. -
Oiseau (bird)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Legoueix workshop. N°2/6. Circa 1980. -
A chacun son soleil à chacun sa lumière (To each his sun to each his light)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Tabard workshop. With label. Circa 1960. -
Californie (California)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Bascoulergue workshop. With signed label, n°1/8. Circa 1970.First a poster artist, then an artist-ethnographer during the war, Perrot began his career as a cartoon designer at its end, making almost 500 cartoons, most of which were woven at Aubusson, including numerous commissions from the state (with 33 cartoons, Perrot is the most prolific tapestry designer in the Mobilier National’s collection!). His style which is particularly rich and decorative is eminently recognisable : he illustrates in flat colours (with neither shading nor picking) an abundance of animals (most often birds), standing out with no perspective, against a background of vegetation, in a style reminiscent of the mediaeval mille-fleurs tapestries. A cartoon whose design is typical of Perrot but which however contains a nod to exoticism in its choice of vegetation. Bibliography : Tapisseries, dessins, peintures, gravures de René Perrot, Dessein et Tolra, 1982 Exhibition catalogue René Perrot, mon pauvre cœur est un hibou, Aubusson, Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie, 2023 -
Soleil couchant (Sunset)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Four workshop. n°2/6. Circa 1970. -
Au coeur de l'ombre (At the heart of darkness)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Legoueix workshop. With signed label, n°1/3 (and handwritten note "tirage arrêté 1/2" [stopped edition 1/2]). 1971. -
Au crépuscule (at dusk)
Tapestry woven in the DMW workshop. With signed label. 1974. -
Bouquet d'automne (autumn bouquet)
Aubusson tapestry. N°EA1. Circa 1975. -
Le rouge et le noir (the red and the black)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Braquenié workshop. With label. Circa 1960. -
Mexicaine aux arums (mexican with arum lilies)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Four workshop. With label, n°1/6. Circa 1990. -
Composition aux oiseaux (composition with birds)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Laurent workshop. N°5/6. Circa 1980. -
Composition
Tapestry woven by the artist. With signed label, and preparatory drawing. Circa 1980. -
L'envolée (the flight)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Four workshop. With label, n°EA1. Circa 1980. -
Matin d'été (summer morning)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Laurent workshop. With signed label, n°2/6. 1983. -
Double amitié (double friendship)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Four workshop. With signed label, n°EA1. 1972. -
Marché aux chameaux (camel market)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Jean Laurent workshop. 1980. -
Promenade près d'Argenteuil (Stroll near Argenteuil)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Four workshop. With signed, n°8/8. Circa 2000. -
Nu couché (reclining nude)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Four workshop. N°EA2/2. Circa 2000. -
L'oiseau de rêve (the dream bird)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Tabard workshop. With signed label. 1966.