Envy and Gluttony (the capital sins)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Legoueix workshop.
With its label signed by the artist.
1956.
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 workshop to the Departmental Museum of Tapestry in Aubusson.
“He covers…. a short, quite savory series of vices that denotes mischievous humor and renews in a very personal way these themes so frequently used in the Middle Ages.” (Cat. Expo. Tribute to Louis-Marie Jullien, Aubusson, Departmental Museum of Tapestry, 1983, p.4). Here, the subject is a pretext for representations of animals such as those found in his contemporaries, notably Picart le Doux, to whom the artist was close. According to the 1983 exhibition catalog (which serves as a Catalog Raisonné, and where our work bears the number 53), only one tapestry was woven from this cartoon: it is a unique piece.
Bibliography :
Cat. Expo. Tribute to Louis-Marie Jullien, Aubusson, Departmental Museum of Tapestry, 1983
