La mort du solitaire (The death of the loner)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Atelier Goubely.
With label.
1950.
After the traditional completion of some mural paintings in the 1930’s, he then arrived in Aubusson in 1936, became closely associated with Picart le Doux in 1947 and then joined the A.P.C.T. (Association des Peintres-Cartonniers de Tapisserie). From then on he devoted himself to tapestry with zeal and designed 167 cartoons, at first figurative following on from Picart le Doux and Saint-Saëns, then, influenced by the scientific themes that he dealt with, tending more towards abstraction. In 1981, two years before his death, he donated his studio to the Musée départemental de la tapisserie in Aubusson.
Whilst our tapestry alludes to the Hunt, a classic subject in tapestry art, the dreamlike depiction of the figure (particularly his headdress) evokes, above all, harmony with nature, reflecting a mythologised golden age (the Calydonian Boar Hunt), which Jullien, at that time, made a recurring motif.
Bibliography :
Exh. Cat. Hommage à Louis-Marie Jullien, Aubusson, Musée départemental de la tapisserie, 1983
