L’Odyssée (the Odyssey)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Pinton workshop.
With signed label, n°1/6.
Circa 1965.
Fumeron designed his first cartoons (he would ultimately make over 500) in the 1940’s, in collaboration with the Pinton workshop, he was then commissioned on numerous occasions by the state before participating in the decoration of the ocean liner “France”. His work was figurative to begin with and influenced by Lurçat, then turned towards abstraction, before coming back to a style characterised by colourful figurative and realistic depictions from the 1980’s onwards.
During the 1960’s Fumeron evolved towards abstraction as did some of his contemporaries (Matégot, Wogensky,…). His compositions of this period are sometimes inspired by literary subjects (Cf. Hamlet) which are interpreted in a kaleidoscope of colours which are immediately recognisable.
