The Royal
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Simone André workshop.
With its signed ribbon.
Circa 1965.
Edmond Dubrunfaut can be considered as the great renovator of Belgian tapestry in the 20th century. He founded a weaving workshop in Tournai in 1942, then created the Centre for the Renovation of Tapestry in Tournai . He provided numerous cartoons for various Belgian workshops (Chaudoir, de Wit,…) intended to adorn Belgian embassies around the World. Moreover, Dubrunfaut, from 1947 to 1978, taught monumental art at the Mons Academy of Fine Arts, then, in 1979, participated in the creation of the Tournai Foundation for Tapestry, Textile Arts and Mural Arts, a veritable conservatory of tapestry in Wallonia. His style, figurative, often using strong color contrasts, is highly inspired by animals and nature (like Perrot, for example, the artist has a strong interest in ornithology).
The subject, the bright blue background are an echo of Perrot. Characteristic of Dubrunfaut are his feather-leaves: the animal takes over the plant.
