Sumatra
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Four workshop.
With its signed label, no EA.
Circa 1960.
With its signed label, no EA.
Circa 1960.
Fumeron produced his first cartoons (he would go on to produce more than 500) from the 1940s onwards, collaborating with the Pinton workshops, then receiving numerous commissions from the State, before participating in the decoration of the 'France' liner. Initially figurative and influenced by Lurçat, he evolved towards abstraction, before returning to a colourful and realistic figuration from the 1980s onwards.
The touch of exoticism recurs episodically in Fumeron's work in the 1960s: one thinks of his cartoons 'Osaka', 'Samurai' or 'the monsoon'. Yet there is no literal evocation: the circle (Sun?) partially obstructed remains a leitmotif, whatever the title.
