René FUMERON

Fumeron designed his first cartoons (he would ultimately make over 500) in the 1940’s, in collaboration with the Pinton workshop, he was then commissioned on numerous occasions by the state before participating in the decoration of the ocean liner “France”. His work was figurative to begin with and influenced by Lurçat, then turned towards abstraction, before coming back to a style characterised by colourful figurative and realistic depictions from the 1980’s onwards.

Working within a limited colour palette (typical of both the period and the artist), Fumeron continues his work (see the cartoons ‘Ciel de feu’, ‘Voile d’or’, ‘Soleil couchant’, etc.) on incandescence and blazing light… which is most often centred on a dazzling sun.