Composition

Aubusson tapestry woven by the Picaud workshop.
Circa 1960.

Born in 1912, Farvèze is part of the second generation of cartoonist-painters, which flourished from the late 1950s, with Grékoff, Ferréol, Petit, Potin,…
Marked by his meeting with Gleizes and then by a stay in Senegal which earned him prestigious public commissions, he was selected to participate in the 2nd Lausanne Biennale in 1965.

A stylization high in colors characterizes this work; the absence of trimming, however, prevents any understanding: we distinguish some animal forms…. ?