Le rayon vert (the green ray)
Tapestry probably woven by the Brachet workshop.
N°EA1.
1976.
A key figure in the “New Tapestry,” woven by Pierre Daquin and exhibited at the Galerie La Demeure in the 1970s, Jacques Brachet pursued—starting in the 1950s—an innovative, experimental approach to the medium, recognized by the creation of the mural art studio at the Centre International d’études pédagogiques in Sèvres, through the staging of “tapestry in France, 1945–1985, living tradition” at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, and through the conception of his action tapestries up to the present day.
A rare and difficult-to-observe atmospheric optical phenomenon, the green ray—while it may have inspired authors (Verne) and filmmakers (Rohmer)—is even rarer in the visual arts. Brachet recreates a seafront landscape that comes into being and takes on life through the use of complementary colours (red, green, mauve), with small “lirettes” that mimic rock aggregates…
Bibliography:
Exh. Cat. Jacques Brachet, Mémoires océanes, Angers, Musée Jean Lurçat et de la Tapisserie Contemporaine, 1996
