Sarabande
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Atelier Pinton.
With its bolduc.
1954.
After the customary passage through mural decoration in the 1930s, Jullien came to Aubusson in 1936, formed ties with Picart le Doux in 1947, and became a member of the A.P.C.T. (Association des Peintres-Cartonniers de Tapisserie). He then devoted himself to tapestry with zeal and produced 167 Cartoons, first figurative, following Picart le Doux and Saint-Saëns, then, under the influence of scientific themes addressed, he evolved toward abstraction. In 1981, two years before his death, he donated his studio to the Musée départemental de la Tapisserie in Aubusson.
Before « Passacaille » of 1955, Jullien demonstrated here his interest in dance and music—recurring themes that were rarely illustrated as explicitly, with a guitar and an oboe played as if by enchantment. Perhaps the birds evoke the musical notes that run along the phylactère-partition?
Bibliography:
Cat. Expo. Hommage à Louis-Marie Jullien, Aubusson, Musée départemental de la Tapisserie, 1983
