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Jean Lurcat Figurative Prints

French, 1892-1966

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.

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Artist: Jean Lurcat
The Cloudy Woman - Lithograph By Jean Lurçat - Mid-20th Century

The Cloudy Woman - Lithograph By Jean Lurçat - Mid-20th Century

By Jean Lurçat

Located in Roma, IT

The Cloudy Woman is an artwork realized by the french artist Jean Lurçat (1892 Bruyeres - 1966 St.-Paul-de-Vence) Lithograph print, mid-20th century. Very good conditions. Not ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Jean Lurcat Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Mid Century French Color Lithograph "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage)
Mid Century French Color Lithograph "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage)

Mid Century French Color Lithograph "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage)

By Jean Lurçat

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful early 20th Century color linocut of abstracted man with leaves titled "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage) by French artist Jean Lucat (French, 1892 - 1966), circa 1950....

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1950s Modern Jean Lurcat Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Linocut

The Stony Woman - Lithograph By Jean Lurçat - Mid-20th Century

The Stony Woman - Lithograph By Jean Lurçat - Mid-20th Century

By Jean Lurçat

Located in Roma, IT

The Stony Woman is an original artwork realized by the french artist Jean Lurçat (1892 Bruyeres - 1966 St.-Paul-de-Vence) Lithograph print, mid-20th century. Very good condition...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Jean Lurcat Figurative Prints

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Jean LurçatComposition, 1965

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Jean LurçatNaiades, circa 1950

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H 14.5 in W 21 in D 1 in

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