Envy and Gluttony (the seven deadly sins)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Legoueix workshop.
With its selvedge signed by the artist.
1956.
After his usual foray into mural decoration in the 1930s, Jullien came to Aubusson in 1936, became friends with Picart le Doux in 1947, and joined the APCT (Association of Tapestry Cartoon Painters). He then devoted himself to tapestry with zeal, creating 167 cartoons, initially figurative, following in the footsteps of Picart le Doux and Saint-Saëns, but later, influenced by the scientific themes he explored, he moved towards abstraction. In 1981, two years before his death, he donated his studio to the Departmental Tapestry Museum in Aubusson.
“He deals with… a short but delightful series of vices that reveal a mischievous humor and offer a highly personal renewal of these themes so frequently used in the Middle Ages.” (Exhibition catalog, Homage to Louis-Marie Jullien, Aubusson, Musée départemental de la Tapisserie, 1983, p. 4). Here, the subject serves as a pretext for depictions of animals such as those found in the works of his contemporaries, notably Picart le Doux, with whom the artist was close. According to the 1983 exhibition catalog (which serves as the Catalogue Raisonné, and where our work is number 53), only one tapestry was woven from this cartoon: it is a unique piece.
Bibliography:
Exhibition catalog. Homage to Louis-Marie Jullien, Aubusson, Departmental Tapestry Museum, 1983
