The versatile artist, who died in 1966, is the subject of a lavish retrospective at the Hyacinthe-Rigot Art Museum.
Jean Lurchat (1892-1966), known as tapestry tapestry artist, also distinguished himself with painting, drawing, engraving, theater scenery… He also and above all contributed to the revival of ceramics in the 1950s. With him, craft production rose. to the level of art. “The craft of art, as it is called, continues to be one of the ways to communicate with others. I always look for “grounded” contacts, contacts as close to the material as possible. It feels more authentic to me, less “classy,” he said.
Art ceramics
After mastering tapestry techniques, Jean Lursa was seduced by the sculptural medium of ceramics. Ceramics that serve as a common thread for Jean Lurchat, Earth, Fire, Water, Air, an exhibition at the Hyacinthe-Rigaud Art Museum in Perpignan. During his first stay in the city, in 1941, he assisted Raoul Dufy in the design of two tapestry cartoons. A decisive meeting for Lurchat, who discovered the medium of artistic ceramics, already honored by Picasso and Miró. His entire visual, poetic and colorful universe will unfold on this support: imaginative brutality, cosmic inspiration, leaf man, sun-headed mermaid… For fifteen years, from 1951 to 1966, he went to Perpignan. where a workshop was created for him in San Vicentes. The exhibition pays a beautiful tribute to this creative fever.
“Jean Lurçat, Earth, Fire, Water, Air” until December 29 at the Hyacinthe-Rigaud Art Museum in Perpignan (Pyrenees-Orientales). musee-rigaud.fr:
Source: Le Figaro
