Cockroach
Tapestry woven in Aubusson by the Legoueix workshop.
With its selvedge, no. 4/6.
1967.
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.
It was more the sound of the word that Jullien sought for the title than a reference to the flower, violet. A contemporary piece, woven in the same format, was "Nasturtium".
Bibliography:
Exhibition catalog, Jullien, from dawn to sunrise, Paris, La Demeure gallery, 1969, no. 7
; Exhibition catalog, Homage to Louis-Marie Jullien, Aubusson, Departmental Museum of Tapestry, 1983
