Jean LURÇAT (1892-1966)

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Jean LURÇAT (1892-1966)
JEAN LURCAT (1892-1966), publisher GOUBELY The crazy wine Tapestry in polychrome wool signed at the bottom left "LURCAT" and showing the publisher's mark. Bolduc on the reverse signed in ink by the artist. H : 104 cm ; W :184 cm NOTES: Figurehead of the revival of tapestry in the 20th century, it is after the vision of the Apocalypse Hanging, preserved in Angers, that Lurçat will invent a new way of conceiving the art of the lices. He drew a clean slate from the research of his predecessors, and breathed a revolutionary wind into this prestigious art form. Drawing lessons from the liciers of the Middle Ages, Lurçat invented the concepts of a new tapestry, which would never again be dependent on painting: reduction of the chromatic ranges to their essence and a new pictorial language, more legible and resolutely modern. Filled with glory, Jean Lurçat was to become a school in Aubusson and inspire the most prestigious tapestry designers of the 20th century such as Dom Robert, Jean Picart le Doux and Marc Saint-Saens. He was also at the origin of the revival of tapestry at the Gobelins factory. The work presented for sale, to be compared with the tapestry "Le Vin" kept at the Musée du Vin de Bourgogne in Beaune, is a fine example of Jean Lurçat's achievements: he revisits the theme of still life by bringing expressiveness and modernism, with bright colours and modern, almost surrealist motifs.
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