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Aubusson tapestry woven by the Legoueix workshop for the Cooperative Tapestries of France.
With its ribbon signed by the artist, with the mention "ex.unique ".
1959.
After the usual passage through wall decoration in the 30s, Jullien came to Aubusson in 1936, joined Picart le Doux in 1947 and became a member of the A.P.C.T. (Association of Painters-Cartoonists of Tapestry). He then devoted himself to tapestry with zeal and produced 167 cartoons, initially figurative, following Picart le Doux and Saint-Saëns, then under the influence of the scientific themes addressed, he evolved towards abstraction. In 1981, two years before his death, he donated his studio to the Departmental Museum of Tapestry in Aubusson.
This is a transitional cartoon, for Jullien, between figuration and abstraction. It already features contrasts of tone, vertical lines, ... which are later found in "Espace poétique de l'Industrie", a set of cartoons on the theme of Technology and Industry which he will develop from the end of 1959 (see "Helium", for example).
Bibliography :
Cat. Expo. Tribute to Louis-Marie Jullien, Aubusson, Departmental Museum of Tapestry, 1983
