Fates
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Glaudin-Brivet workshop.
With its bolduc signed by the artist, n°1/6.
1974.
Etcher by training (Prix de Rome for engraving in intaglio in 1942), Jean Louis Viard produced his first cartoons in the mid-1950s.nnFirst figurative (he worked then with Picart Le Doux), he later followed the natural inclination of many painters-cartoonists (the same as Matégot, Tourlière, Prassinos,…) by moving toward abstraction.
D’abord figuratif (il travaille alors avec Picart Le Doux), il emprunte ensuite la pente naturelle de nombreux peintres -cartonniers (la même que Matégot, Tourlière ou Prassinos,…) en évoluant vers l’abstraction. Il réalise des dizaines de cartons jusque dans les années 2000, parallèlement à son travail de peintre et graveur, mais en manifestant intérêt particulier pour les matières et les textures, à l’instar des partisans de la «Nouvelle Tapisserie» dont Pierre Daquin, qui le tissa, fut l’un des protagonistes majeurs.
His themes, sometimes metaphysical (“ Mémoires”, “ Destins”,… ) combine vast scales, from astronomical infinity (“solar darkness”) to the cellular miniature (“Végétal Mutation”): in short, a profuse and varied body of work, regularly exhibited at La Demeure, in various salons or special exhibitions, and more significantly at the Comparaison salon, where he was responsible for the Tapestries section.
Provenance: workshop of the artist
