Dimensions: 12” w x 12”H
Jean Lurçat
The French painter, ceramicist and tapestry designer Jean Lurçat was born on 1st July 1892 in Bruyères (Vogesen). He is regarded as the most important contemporary representative of tapestry. During the beginning of his artistic career, his work was influenced by impressionism, and later, cubism.
Jean Lurcat studied under the painters Prouve and Laffitte in Nancy, and subsequently attended the Ècole des Beaux-Arts and the artist Filippo Calarossi’s private art academy. In 1917 Jean Lurçat executed embroidered wall carpets in Stramin and during the interwar years was already a well-known painter. In 1933 Lurçat had his first tapisserie manufactured in Ausbusson. During World War Two, Jean Lurçat was actively involved in the French resistance to the German occupation.
