Edmond DUBRUNFAUT

Edmond Dubrunfaut may be considered the great renovator of Belgian tapestry in the 20th century. He founded a weaving studio in Tournai as early as 1942, then created in 1947 the  Tournai Tapestry Restoration Centre in Tournai. It will supply, for various Belgian workshops (Chaudoir, de Wit, ...), numerous cartoons intended in particular to decorate Belgian embassies across the world. In addition, Dubrunfaut, from 1947 to 1978, taught monumental art at theAcademy of Fine Arts of Mons , then, in 1979, took part in the creation of the Tournai Foundation for Tapestry, Textile Arts and Wall Arts, true conservatory of tapestry in Wallonia. His figurative style used strong color contrasts and was often inspired by animals and nature (like Perrot, for example; the artist had a strong inclination toward ornithology).

The squirrel forms part of the recurring themes in the artist's work (cf. « Feux du soir », « Ecureuils et volatiles »…): here, he makes tails a decorative motif in their own right.