René PERROT

Perrot began his career as a cartoonist after the end of the war, producing nearly 500 Cartoons, with many State commissions, most of which were woven in Aubusson. His eminently decorative, shimmering style is very characteristic: a profusion of butterflies or birds, most often, stands out against a vegetal background, in the style of thousand-flowers tapestries (from which Dom Robert would also draw inspiration).

Our tapestry is exemplary of the artist's bird portraits; the turkey appears there, as often, associated with other birds, on a background inspired by medieval "mille-fleurs". Another example was woven for the Ministry of Reconstruction.

Bibliographie :
Tapisserie, dessins, peintures, gravures de René Perrot, Dessein et Tolra, 1982
Tapisserie d’Aubusson, Association du développement du pays d’Aubusson, 1983, ill.p.40
Cat. Expo. René Perrot, mon pauvre cœur est un hibou, Aubusson, Cité de la Tapisserie, 2023