Exceptional Abstract tapestry, - Lot 358

Exceptional Abstract tapestry, Signed Mategot Woven circa 1960 Aubusson (Tabard workshop) In wool Dimensions 090 x 215 cm Mathieu Mategot ( 1910-2001) He was first a decorator, then a furniture and object designer (an activity he gave up in 1959, when he met Francois Tabard in the Anne 1945 and drew his first cartoons. At first, they were figurative and later abstract). In the 50s, he became a member of the Association des Peintres Cartonniers de Tapisserie. He was invited to several international exhibitions, following in Lurcat's footsteps as a tapestry pioneer. He receives many public commissions, notably for the prefecture of Seine Maritime (Rouen), for the IMF, for the radio station, for Orly. He produced some 630 cartoons up to 1970. In 1990, the Mategot Foundation for Contemporary Tapestry was inaugurated in Bethesda (USA). This great artist turns to geometric abstraction.