Eclosion (blooming)
Tapestry woven by the Legoueix workshop.
With signed label, no. 1/6.
Circa 1970.
It was in 1953 that Jean Picart le Doux proposed to Chaye to become his assistant and encouraged him to design tapestry cartoons : he would produce numerous bucolic cartoons, but also views of Normandy (Mont Saint Michel, Honfleur, regattas,…) whence he came.
A classic cartoon in the artist’s naturalistic style, who specialises in enclosures, hedgerows and other woodland scenes, brought to life by animals.
Bibliography :
Simon Chaye tapisseries contemporaines, Editions Librairie des musées, 2014
