Siena Sky

 

 

 

Aubusson tapestry woven by the Pinton workshop.
No. 4/6.
Circa 1960.

 

 

 

Fumeron produced his first cartoons (he would go on to 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 evolved towards abstraction, before returning to a colourful and realistic figuration from the 1980s onwards.

 

This cartoon plays on a play on words: 'earth' becomes Siennese sky to allow the artist, on a degraded ochre background ('Siennese earth'), to produce his birds and his sun-circle, in his decorative vein so characteristic.