René PERROT

Perrot began his work as a cartoonist at the end of the war, producing nearly 500 cartoons, with many commissions from the State, most of which were woven in Aubusson. His highly decorative and shimmering style is very characteristic: a profusion of butterflies or birds, most often, stands out against a vegetal background, in the taste of mille-fleurs tapestries (which Dom Robert also drew inspiration from).

Our tapestry is exemplary of the artist's bird portraits; the turkey appears, as often, associated with other birds, on a background inspired by medieval 'mille-fleurs'. Another copy was woven for the Ministry of Reconstruction.

Bibliography:
Tapestry, drawings, paintings, engravings by René Perrot, Dessein et Tolra, 1982
Aubusson Tapestry, Association for the Development of the Aubusson Region, 1983, ill.p.40
Cat. Expo. René Perrot, my poor heart is an owl, Aubusson, City of Tapestry, 2023