Eau calme (calm water)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Hamot workshop.
With label, n°1/6.
1965.
It was in 1953 that Jean Picart le Doux offered Chaye the chance to become his assistant and encouraged him to create tapestry cartoons: he went on to produce numerous bucolic cartoons, as well as views of Normandy (Mont Saint-Michel, Honfleur, regattas, etc.), his native region.
The aquatic element, in various forms (fountains, rivers, ponds, etc.), is a recurring theme in Chaye’s work; it allows for delicate harmonies of colour, particularly around water lilies (see ‘Blanches libellules’, ‘Fraîcheur’, etc.)
Bibliography:
Simon Chaye tapisseries contemporaines, Editions Librairie des musées, 2014, ill. p.20
