Roc neige (rock snow)
Tapestry woven by the L.M. workshop in Calais.
With signed label, n°EA1.
Circa 1970.
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A glassmaker (he designed many stained glass windows for public buildings, particularly in the Boulonnais region), engraver, painter and photographer, Lhotellier had many strings to his bow. Typical of his work from around 1970, our tapestry bears witness to the existence of little-known weaving workshops capable of accomplished creations, far from what was being done in Aubusson at the time.
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Foujita is one of a number of artists whose work was woven at Bièvres at the Moulin de Vauboyen (hence the mark MV woven into the tapestries), which was transformed by Pierre de Tartas into an arts centre in 1959 and devoted to figurative art. Many noteworthy names would pass through including Cocteau, Foujita, Erni, Volti ... among others, who would produce much work, often monumental, as well as realisations in the applied arts (notably book illustrations) Foujita realised only a few tapestry cartoons, all of which were produced at Bièvres by Pierre de Tartas. In this particular case, unlike the rest of his production, his style is different from that of his paintings : almost monochrome, stylised (quite different from the lithe brushwork of the artist); as for the biblical theme, it can be seen as the result of his recent conversion to catholicism. Another tapestry, of similar dimensions and subject matter, but in a differing, lighter colour scheme, was also woven at Bièvres.
Adam et Eve
Tapestry woven in the Moulin de Vauboyen workshop. 1967.
