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TAPESTRIES DUFY Raoul (SEE P AG E 18) 1 2 0 T h e beautiful Summe r ( L e B e l dté) Atelier T a b a r d - Aubusson 1951 2.49 x 4.43 GROMA I RE Marcel (SEE P AG E 21) 121 T h e e a r t h ( La Terre) Cartoon d o n e i n 1940 - wool and silk - n a t u r a l dye - Gobelins 1943 3.6OxS.05 LURCAT Jean Bo r n o n t he 1st of July, 1892, a t Bruyeres (Vosges) o f a family o f Spanish origin. First studied Medicine a n d Philosophy before taking u p p a i n t i ng i n Paris. After the 1914-1918 war, travelled i n Africa, Eu r op e a n d t he Un i t e d States. Picasso, the cubist school, the desert o f the Sahara ma r k e d his first paintings. H e then depicted Arcachon a n d its ma r i t ime constructions, a n d ma d e large decorations, tapestry cartoons for Pierre David-Weil a n d Mrs. Cuttoli, settings for the Russian ballets, a n d murals for t he Villejuif college refectory. Lu r ç a t regenerated the craft of tapestry-making b y restoring t o fashion t h e Mi dd l e Ages technique of t he gros po i n t a n d of t h e use of a small n umb e r of colours. H e d r ew his decorative themes from cubism a n d f r om the symbolistic devices o f surrealism. By composing tapestry cartoons a n d by himself supervising their execution, as well as t h r ough his teaching a n d his principles o f craft organization, Lurçat greatly contributed t o t h e rise of t he Aubusson workshops. I n 1952 large retro- spective exhibition a t t he "Maison d e la Pense Française." 1 2 2 T h e tapestry of the Gr e a t Fe a r (La Tapisserie d e la Grande Peur) Cartoon o f February, 1952 - weaving finished o n t h e 15th J un e , 1952 - T a b a r d workshops - Aubusson 3.00 x 6.50 MATISSE Henri ( S E E P AG E 26) 1 2 3 Polynesia (Polynésie) Cartoon don e i n 1946 - wool a n d flax - synthetic dye - weaving finished a t Beauvais 1947-48. 1.95 x 3.15 PRINTED B Y EDWARDS & SIIAW, 1 7 1 SUSSEX ST., SYDNEY