Composition
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Picaud workshop.
Circa 1960.
Born in 1912, Farvèze formed part of the second generation of painter-cartoonists, who flourished from the late 1950s onward, alongside Grékoff, Ferréol, Petit, Potin, …
Influenced by his encounter with Gleizes and then by a stay in Senegal, which earned him prestigious public commissions, he was selected to take part in the 2e Biennale of Lausanne in 1965.
A highly colorful stylization characterizes this work; the absence of bolduc, however, prevents any full understanding: we can make out certain animal forms…. ?
