Tribute to Abbot Breuil
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Pinton workshop.
With its label.
Circa 1955.
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).
Astonishing cartoon inspired by the paintings of the Lascaux cave, where tapestry has never more deserved its name of parietal art; Perrot's part is ultimately fairly modest: saturation of colors (notably the background, between mauve and pink), densification of patterns (more scattered in the cave), spread speckles,…If Perrot has multiplied cartoons - homages (to Pergaud, to Redouté, to Audubon,…), this one is especially worth it for the proven proximity of the artist and the dedicatee, "the pope of Prehistory": the tribute is not just about the artificiality of a public commission.
Bibliography:
Tapestry, drawings, paintings, engravings by René Perrot, Dessein and Tolra, 1982.
