Soleil couchant (Sunset)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Four workshop.
n°2/6.
Circa 1970.
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Fumeron designed his first cartoons (he would ultimately make over 500) in the 1940’s, in collaboration with the Pinton workshop, he was then commissioned on numerous occasions by the state before participating in the decoration of the ocean liner “France”. His work was figurative to begin with and influenced by Lurçat, then turned towards abstraction, before coming back to a style characterised by colourful figurative and realistic depictions from the 1980’s onwards. A recurrent design motif in Fumeron’s work, the setting sun (orange or red) here appears through a screen of trees in a cartoon which verges on abstraction.
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Le rouge et le noir (the red and the black)
Lucas was a protagonist of tapestry renewal in Belgium following on from the “Forces murales” collective. He gave a certain number of cartoons to the Braquenié workshop in Malines in the years 1956 – 1957, designed in a style somewhat reminiscent of Picart le Doux.Aubusson tapestry woven in the Braquenié workshop. With label. Circa 1960. -
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. 1965. 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. Bibliography : Simon Chaye tapisseries contemporaines, Editions Librairie des musées, 2014, ill. p.32 -
L'éveil (the awakening)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Legoueix workshop. n°4/6. 1969. 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. Bibliography : Simon Chaye tapisseries contemporaines, Editions Librairie des musées, 2014, ill. p.30 -
A chacun son soleil à chacun sa lumière (To each his sun to each his light)
Essentially known to the artistic community for her ink drawings and illustrations, Filozof is proof of the variety of artists whose work has been woven in Aubusson over the years. Although the naïf style (or one which is at least influenced by folk art) is hardly over-represented (but we can mention here Mady de la Giraudière) : 8 of her designs have been woven by Tabard.Aubusson tapestry woven by the Tabard workshop. With label. Circa 1960. -
Jumping
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Four workshop. With signed label, n°EA 1/2. Circa 2000. The Manufacture Four has called on a number of living artists (including Toffoli and Lartigaud) to weave them, adding a new dimension to Spahn’s pictorial production, the painter of movement and sport.
