Birds
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Simone André workshop.
Circa 1950.
Edmond Dubrunfaut may be considered the great renovator of Belgian tapestry in the 20th century. He founded a weaving workshop in Tournai as early as 1942, then in 1947 created the Tapestry Renovation Center of Tournai 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 Foundation of Tapestry, Textile Arts, and Wall Arts of Tournai, a veritable conservatory of tapestry in Wallonia. His figurative style, marked by strong colour contrasts, is often inspired by animals and nature (as is the case with Perrot, for instance; the artist had a strong inclination toward ornithology).
Thus, a classic subject by Dubrunfaut, woven at Aubusson by Simone André in the 1950s and 1960s.
Bibliography :
Exhibition catalogue Dubrunfaut and the renaissance of tapestry, paintings, drawings, paintings, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mons, 1982-1983.
