French Mid-20th Century Art Poster Tribute to Jean Lurcat
About the Item
- Creator:Jean Lurçat (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 35.75 in (90.81 cm)Width: 26.75 in (67.95 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1966
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU4082134693842
Jean Lurçat
Credited with helping revive the design and production of tapestries during the 20th century, French artist Jean Lurçat rubbed shoulders with some of the greatest painters in the world while weaving his own artistic narrative into the fabric of history.
Lurçat met artists Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne and Pierre-Auguste Renoir in Paris in his early twenties — when the Bruyères native found himself fully immersed in the French art world. He had studied at Académie Colarossi and worked in the studio of sculptor Victor Prouvé, and later made paintings inspired by Fauvism. Lurçat first exhibited his tapestries in 1917.
Lurçat’s inaugural textiles were constructed with weaver Marthe Hennebert and were marked by Cubism and avant-garde–inspired art styles before he embarked on extensive travels that would enrich his work. Lurçat’s travels exposed him to other movements and styles that ranged from German Expressionism to Spanish and African influences that inspired his later works.
Lurçat’s tapestries found a regular home in 1925 at Jeanne Bucher’s gallery, which featured the work of other artists including Pablo Picasso, Hans Arp, Jacques Lipchitz, Georges Braque and Max Ernst. Between 1930 and 1936, Lurçat had solo exhibitions at the Flechtheim Gallery in Berlin and the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York. In 1939 — when the popularity of tapestries had long been on the decline — Lurçat opened a factory with other artists in Aubusson, the home of a centuries-old tapestry production industry, in order to create modernist tapestries.
Over the course of his life, Lurçat designed more than 1,000 tapestries. One of his most notable, Apocalypse Tapestry (1948), is on display in the Church of Notre-Dame de Toute-Grâce and complements the original which dates back to the 14th century. His other highly acclaimed works include Song of the World (1957–64) and Four Seasons (1940).
While Lurçat’s best known works are his tapestries, he also produced engravings, book illustrations and ceramics. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City holds some of these book illustrations as well as a few other works in its permanent collection. Other works by Lurçat are held in the collections of the Detroit Museum of Fine Arts, the Musée Nationale d’Art Moderne, the Museum of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery in Washington DC.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Jean Lurçat wall decorations, decorative objects and ceramics.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Miami, FL
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
- John Michael Eckert Original Mid-Century French Art Poster Dated 1977Located in Miami, FLOriginal midcentury J.M. Eckert art poster from the 1977 exhibit in the beautiful seaside village of Villefranche-sur-Mer, France. This is an original not a reprint. We recommend p...Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters
MaterialsPaper
- Henri Maccheroni Original Mid-Century Art Exhibition PosterLocated in Miami, FLOriginal midcentury art exhibition poster from the Galerie Lovreglio in Nice, France depicting the work of Henri Maccheroni a French painter. Thi...Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters
MaterialsPaper
- B.A.G. Guillot Original Mid-Century Surrealist Art Exhibition PosterLocated in Miami, FLOriginal mid-century art poster depicting the interesting work by listed French artist, B.A.G. Guillot who was a skilled surrealist. B.A.G. Guillot art posters and other creations a...Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters
MaterialsPaper
- French Poster Signed by Jean Messagier, 1975 depicting Bronze SculpturesBy Jean MessagierLocated in Miami, FLOriginal, midcentury poster dated 1975 from Gallerie Lovreglio in Nice, France. Signed by the artist Jean Messagier (1920-1999), multi-faceted artist. Measures: 17" W × 1" D × 24" H "Like the meanders of the Doubs so dear to Jean Messagier, the furrows that the artists on the paths of art history are sometimes complex and tortuous. Messagier, famous since the 1950s, exhibited all over the world, a friend of painters, rockstars and poets, began the 1980s with a retrospective exhibition at the Grand Palace (Paris) which then marks, paradoxically, the beginning of a certain forgetfulness. The reasons are many times that today the work of this immense artist is partly forgotten, in all unknown cases, and is probably the object of a misunderstanding. Messagier, abstract? Arise then these images of colorful tracery, this so-called "tile washer" painting, which was, he, is true, that of her first successes and her consecration, but which is only one of facets of a gigantic and protean work that has endlessly put itself in danger and to reinvent herself. The object of the retrospective imagined at the Musée de Dole in 2019 is clearly to show that Messagier was working beyond the issues of figuration and of abstraction, in an urgency to paint, to draw, to create, which has as principal obsession to respond to the cruel creativity of nature. Messagier, springtime specialist, ecologist almost before the hour, experimenter of frost painting winter, poet of the sap and pollen, draws his breath in that, vital, libidinal of nature. It's the same energy that pushed him to touch everything, with a freedom and a lack of interest manifest for opinion or criticism. It does not matter if we say crazy - on the contrary - Messagier the almost American abstract painter never finished with the figure or the figuration and allowed herself as early as the 1970s to both summon images from the popular culture like Goldorak, the Marsupilami, Betty Boop, glamorous figures like Lady Di or Greta Garbo, to jostle her masters by quoting Delacroix, Matisse, Picasso ... with total irreverence. These years 1970-1980, where will face jovial triviality, fried eggs, radishes, a thousand giant leafs...Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters
MaterialsPaper
- Original Mid-Century Karl Fey-Rouger Surrealist Art Exhibition Poster, 1975By Karl Fey-RougerLocated in Miami, FLA fine original midcentury abstract art exhibition poster featuring the work of French listed artist, Karl Fey-Rouger. The event was held at L' Art Marginal Gallery in Nice, France...Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
MaterialsPaper
- Original Midcentury Raoul Dufy Mourlot Art Poster circa 1957, FrenchBy (after) Raoul Dufy, MourlotLocated in Miami, FLOriginal midcentury Raoul Dufy art poster from the 1950s printed by Mourlot, Paris, France. Raoul Dufy was a renowned artist that created excellent works of...Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
MaterialsPaper
- Mid-20th Century Original Vintage French Poster, 'Lyvia Holos' by Jean ColinBy Jean ColinLocated in Melbourne, VictoriaMid-20th century original vintage French poster, 'Lyvia Holos' by Jean Colin A charming poster from the Art Deco period Artist Paul Colin Year 1935 Dimensions 125 x 1...Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Posters
MaterialsPaper
- Original 20th Century French Bourin PosterLocated in Tetbury, GloucestershireJacques and Pierre Bellenger designed this original vintage poster in 1936. This clever image shows that Bourin Quinquina is the perfect versatile beverage that can be enjoyed as an ...Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Posters
MaterialsPaper
- 'Velo - Moteur Thomann', Mid-20th Century Original French Lithograph PosterLocated in Melbourne, Victoria'Velo - Moteur Thomann', mid-20th century original French lithograph poster Artist: Anonymous Dimensions: 59 x 40 cm Condition: G...Category
Mid-20th Century French International Style Posters
MaterialsPaper
- Modernist Alexander Calder Print Fine Art Poster, 20th CenturyLocated in View Park, CAA vintage Calder poster, framed, 20th century. Behind glass and ready to hang. Pick up in central West Los Angeles or we ship worldwide. Dimensions: 34.5” x 24.5” x 1”Category
20th Century Posters
MaterialsMetal
- Early 20th Century Fish Educational PosterLocated in Hook, HampshireEarly 20th century fish educational poster Early 20th century fish educational poster. Early 20th century Czechoslovakian educational chart. A rare and vintage wall chart from the C...Category
Early 20th Century Czech Posters
MaterialsPaper
- Early 20th Century Plant Educational PosterLocated in Hook, HampshireEarly 20th century plant educational poster Early 20th century plant educational poster. 20th Century Czechoslovakian educational chart. A rare and vint...Category
Early 20th Century Czech Posters
MaterialsPaper