Fish of the Moon
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Pinton workshop.
With its label.
Circa 1970.
Fumeron creates his first cartoons (he will produce more than 500) from the 1940s onwards, collaborating with the Pinton workshops, then receiving numerous commissions from the State, before participating in the decoration of the 'France' liner. Initially figurative and influenced by Lurçat, he evolves towards abstraction, before returning to a colourful and realistic figuration from the 1980s onwards.
Under the red moon, fish, butterflies, and lobsters frolic in a typical oneiric composition of the artist: many of these motifs can be found in "Before Man", woven by the Gobelins (cf. Expo Cat. "National Furniture and National Manufactures of Gobelins and Beauvais under the Fourth Republic", Beauvais, 1997)
