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    René PERROT

    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    
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    Bouquet d'artifice  (Bouquet of "flowerworks")

       
    Aubusson tapestry woven by the Pinton workshop. Avec son bolduc signé de l'artiste. Circa 1960.
            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.   Rather like a floral display of pyrotechnics, « Bouquet d’artifice » (Bouquet of “flowerworks”) presents an abundant spray of numerous varieties, some even slightly stylised, in a riot of colours accentuated by the black background : an ode to Nature.     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  
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    René PERROT

    Oiseaux (birds)

       
    Aubusson tapestry woven by the Tapisseries de France cooperative. 1952.
            Perrot began his career as a cartoon designer at the end of the war, making almost 500 cartoons including numerous commissions from the state, most of which were woven at Aubusson. His style which is particularly rich and decorative is eminently recognisable : a crowd of butterflies or birds, most often, stands out against a background of vegetation, reminiscent of the millefleurs tapestries (which would also inspire Dom Robert).   If in Perrot's tapestries birds are often present (almost a trademark !) the use of landscape as a background is much rarer despite the artist having produced numerous works in gouache of his travels (Doubs, Auvergne, Collioure, the Canaries...), works which, despite their sensitivity, remain essentially little known.   Bibliography : Tapisseries, dessins, peintures, gravures de René Perrot, Dessein et Tolra, 1982      
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    René PERROT

    Tauromachie (bullfighting)

       
    Aubusson tapestry woven by the Rivière des Borderies workshop. 1946.
        Perrot began his career as a cartoon designer at the end of the war, making almost 500 cartoons including numerous commissions from the state, most of which were woven at Aubusson. His style which is particularly rich and decorative is eminently recognisable : a crowd of butterflies or birds, most often, stands out against a background of vegetation, reminiscent of the millefleurs tapestries (which would also inspire Dom Robert).   This tapestry is atypical in Perrot’s production : an audaciously strident choice of colours, an unusually sober motif whose singular theme, including human figures, is treated almost choreographically ; we are close here to the vision of Saint-Saëns. Perhaps then this particular design was specially commissioned ?     Bibliography : Tapisseries, dessins, peintures, gravures de René Perrot, Dessein et Tolra, 1982          
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    René PERROT

    La loi (Law)

       
    Aubusson tapestry woven by the Rivière des Borderies workshop. With label. 1951.
            Perrot began his career as a cartoon designer at the end of the war, making almost 500 cartoons including numerous commissions from the state, most of which were woven at Aubusson. His style which is particularly rich and decorative is eminently recognisable : a crowd of butterflies or birds, most often, stands out against a background of vegetation, reminiscent of the millefleurs tapestries (which would also inspire Dom Robert).   Ornithological representations in all their various manifestations are extremely common in Perrot’s work : for example “la discorde” and “la méditation” designed for the Palais de Justice (High Court) in Paris which are illustrated respectively by grouse and owls. What else to illustrate “La Loi” and inspire respect in the observor than the severe glare of a majestic eagle.

    Bibliography : Tapisseries, dessins, peintures, gravures de René Perrot, Dessein et Tolra, 1982    
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    René PERROT

    Hibou (Owl)

     
    Aubusson tapestry woven in the Pinton workshop. 1955.
    Perrot began his career as a cartoon designer at the end of the war, making almost 500 cartoons including numerous commissions from the state, most of which were woven at Aubusson. His style which is particularly rich and decorative is eminently recognisable : a crowd of butterflies or birds, most often, stands out against a background of vegetation, reminiscent of the millefleurs tapestries (which would also inspire Dom Robert).   This tapestry is a typical example of the artist’s portraits of birds ; the owl appears, as often in his work, associated with other birds, against a background inspired by the flower-strewn mediaeval tapestries.   Bibliography : Tapisseries, dessins, peintures, gravures de René Perrot, Dessein et Tolra, 1982
     
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    René PERROT

    La roue (the wheel)

    Aubusson tapestry woven by the Pinton workshop. Complete with certificate of origin. Circa 1970.     Perrot began his career as a cartoon designer at the end of the war, making almost 500 cartoons including numerous commissions from the state, most of which were woven at Aubusson. His style which is particularly rich and decorative is eminently recognisable : a crowd of butterflies or birds, most often, stands out against a background of vegetation, reminiscent of the millefleurs tapestries (which would also inspire Dom Robert).   The mediaeval inspiration of  a flower-studded, khaki background, numerous birds, all the characteristic elements of Perrot’s cartoons can be found in this particular example.   Bibliography: Tapisseries, dessins, peintures, gravures de René Perrot, Dessein et Tolra, 1982
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    René PERROT

    Automne solognot (Sologne autumn)

        Aubusson tapestry woven by the Pinton workshop. Complete with certificate of origin signed by the artist, n°2/6. Circa 1970.     Perrot began his career as a cartoon designer at the end of the war, making almost 500 cartoons including numerous commissions from the state, most of which were woven at Aubusson. His style which is particularly rich and decorative is eminently recognisable : a crowd of butterflies or birds, most often, stands out against a background of vegetation, reminiscent of the millefleurs tapestries (which would also inspire Dom Robert). The motif of fish in profile swimming in water in the lower part of the cartoon, beneath other elements is recurrent in Lurçat’s work (for example “L’eau et le feu’, Cité de la Tapisserie, Aubusson). With Perrot the same motif gives rise to a less ambitious vision : fish and birdlife here represent, in a realistic fashion, the sports of hunting and fishing as practised in the Sologne area in Autumn.   Bibliography: Tapisseries, dessins, peintures, gravures de René Perrot, Dessein et Tolra, 1982
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    René PERROT

    Hommage à l'abbé Breuil (a tribute to Father Breuil)

        Aubusson tapestry woven by the Pinton workshop. Complete with certificate of origin. Circa 1970.     Perrot began his career as a cartoon designer at the end of the war, making almost 500 cartoons including numerous commissions from the state, most of which were woven at Aubusson. His style which is particularly rich and decorative is eminently recognisable : a crowd of butterflies or birds, most often, stands out against a background of vegetation, reminiscent of the millefleurs tapestries (which would also inspire Dom Robert).   Uncharacteristic cartoon whose inspiration lies in the cave paintings at Lascaux ; here it can be said that never has a tapestry merited quite so well  the term « wall art ». Perrot’s input is, in the end, relatively modest : the use of saturated colours (particularly the mauve-pink background), the overlapping of the motifs (which are more spaced out in the cave itself), superficial laid over  blotching,... If Perrot is an habitué of  hommage-cartoons (Pergaud, Redouté, Audubon,...) this particular example is interesting because of the well-established proximity between the artist and the dedicatee, “the Pope of Prehistory”: here the hommage owes nothing to the artificiality of an official commission.   Bibliography : Tapisseries, dessins, peintures, gravures de René Perrot, Dessein et Tolra, 1982
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    René PERROT

    Rambouillet

        Aubusson tapestry woven in the Pinton workshop. Complete with certificate of origin signed by the artist, n° 1 of 6. Circa 1970.     Perrot began his career as a cartoon designer at the end of the war, making almost 500 cartoons including numerous commissions from the state, most of which were woven at Aubusson. His style which is particularly rich and decorative is eminently recognisable : a crowd of butterflies or birds, most often, stands out against a background of vegetation, reminiscent of the millefleurs tapestries (which would also inspire Dom Robert).   René Perrot is essentially an animal artist who habitually uses stylisation. His decorative style is counterweighted here by the extreme realism with which the stag is represented, rare in post-war tapestry. The title of the cartoon is a throw-back to the grand French hunting tradition which he abundantly illustrated, for example in “Sologne”, which was donated to  the Musée de la Chasse in Gien by the Mobilier National.  

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