Fish of the Moon
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Pinton workshop.
With its ribbon.
Circa 1970.
Fumeron produced his first cartoons (he would produce more than 500) from the 1940s, 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 evolved towards abstraction, before returning to a colorful and realistic figuration from the 1980s.
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)
