The bird of fire
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Pinton workshops.
With its signed bolduc (Authenticity label (bolduc)).
1963.
Lured by the large art surfaces, under the influence of Untersteller at the École des Beaux-Arts, Hilaire created numerous mural paintings. Logically, from 1949 onward—and alongside many artists, encouraged by Lurçat (he took part with him in the A.P.C.T., Association des Peintres-Cartonniers de Tapisserie)—he produced numerous Cartoons (several dozen), some of which were woven in Beauvais or at the Gobelins.
"L'oiseau de feu" bears witness to a dynamic vein that was rather rare in Hilaire, whose talons or forests were better known: his fractured, kaleidoscopic style lends itself admirably, however, to the expression of movement.
Bibliographie :
Cat. Expo., Hilaire, oeuvre tissé, galerie Verrière, 1970, ill.
Cat. Expo. Hilaire, du trait à la lumière, Musée Départemental Georges de la Tour, Vic-sur-Seille, 2010.
