Birds
Aubusson tapestry woven by the cooperative Tapisseries de France.
1952.
Perrot began his work as a cartoonist/cartoon-painter after the war, producing nearly 500 cartoons, with numerous commissions from the State, most of which were woven in Aubusson. His eminently decorative and lustrous style is highly characteristic: a profusion of butterflies or birds, most often set against a vegetal background, in the spirit of mille-fleurs tapestries (from which he also drew inspiration, Dom Robert).
Si, en tapisserie, les oiseaux sont récurrents chez Perrot (comme une marque de fabrique !), le fond à motif de paysage est rare. Pourtant, l’artiste a produit de nombreuses gouaches au gré de ses déplacements (le Doubs, l’Auvergne, Collioure, les Canaries….), œuvre sensible et, restée, pour l’essentiel, confidentielle.
Bibliography:
Tapestry, drawings, paintings, engravings by René Perrot, Dessein et Tolra, 1982
