Serenade
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Pinton workshops.
Circa 1950.
Attracted by large surfaces, under the influence of Untersteller at the School of Fine Arts, Hilaire executed numerous mural paintings. Logically, he produced, from 1949, at the same time as many artists, stimulated by Lurçat (he will be part of the A.P.C.T., Association of Cartoonists-Tapestry Artists alongside him), many cartoons (several dozen), some of which were woven in Beauvais or at the Gobelins.
Our tapestry is probably one of Hilaire's first cartoons, at a time when the human figure was still omnipresent (before it almost completely disappeared around 1960), and when he was responding to many public commissions: our rustic serenade refers to the 'Quartet', a 1950 cartoon woven at Pinton for the Mobilier National.
Bibliography :
Cat. Expo., Hilaire, woven work, Verrière gallery, 1970
Cat. Expo. Hilaire, from trait to light, Georges de la Tour Departmental Museum in Vic-sur-Seille, 2010.
