The Firebird
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Pinton workshops.
With its signed ribbon.
1963.
Attracted by large surfaces, under the influence of Untersteller at the School of Fine Arts, Hilaire executed many murals. Logically, he produced, from 1949, at the same time as many artists, stimulated by Lurçat (he will be part of the A.P.C.T., Association of Painters-Cartonists of Tapestry), many cartoons (a few dozen), some of which were woven in Beauvais or at the Gobelins.
« The Firebird » demonstrates a fairly rare dynamic vein in Hilaire's work, whose greenhouses or forests are more well-known: his fractured, kaleidoscopic style lends itself admirably to the expression of movement.
Bibliography :
Cat. Expo., Hilaire, woven work, Verrière gallery, 1970, ill.
Cat. Expo. Hilaire, from line to light, Georges de la Tour Departmental Museum, Vic-sur-Seille, 2010.
