Oil on canvas, La Pastelliste by Edmond TAPISSIER
Oil on canvas, La Pastelliste by Edmond TAPISSIER
3.500,00 €
Edmond TAPISSIER 1861-1943
A French artist—notably an Orientalist painter, watercolorist, illustrator, decorative painter, and cartoonist—Edmond Tapissier created a body of work at the intersection of painting and the decorative arts.
Born into a family of silk merchants in Lyon—his father was a silk merchant—he began his training under Jean-Baptiste Chatigny at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. There, he learned, in particular, the techniques of large-scale decorative compositions.
He then continued his studies in Paris, first at the Académie Julian and then at the École des Beaux-Arts, under Alexandre Cabanel and Fernand Cormon.
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| Dimensions | 61 × 70 cm |
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His early career was divided between easel paintings exhibited at the Salon and the creation of large-scale decorations for religious buildings and private clients.
In 1896, he exhibited *Les Sirènes* at the Salon, a massive composition measuring 253 × 420 cm that won over critics and the public alike.
His reputation soon spread beyond France’s borders, all the way to Russia, where he received a major commission to design the interior of a restaurant in Saint Petersburg.
Tapissier realized very early on that his taste for large compositions, floral borders, cartouches, allegorical figures, and bold colors lent itself particularly well to tapestry.
Beginning in 1900, he carried out several projects for the Manufactures nationales and the Gobelins, including *Le Triomphe du Printemps* and *Une Histoire d’autrefois*, the latter of which was acquired by the government in 1907.
As early as 1906, at the Colonial Exposition in Marseille, Tapissier demonstrated his fondness for the East.
But it was especially around 1918 that this Eastern influence took on a new dimension. In 1919, he brought back numerous watercolors from a trip to Italy, Greece, and the Near East, which he had taken in the company of Charles Fouqueray and Auguste Matisse.
At the same time, he created numerous designs for the Gobelins, Aubusson, and the Manufacture de Beauvais, including *La Fontaine de Jouvence*
Tapissier also participated in the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris.
In the 1930s, he designed the pattern for the “Les Colonies” armchair for the Manufacture de Beauvais, thereby confirming the central role that decorative arts and the evocation of distant lands play in his work.
Edmond Tapissier offers us a young girl staring at her canvas.
Edmond Tapissier chose an intimate portrait,
and perfectly showcased the young artist
with this framing.
On the canvas, alone, the young girl with her canvas and pastels.
The concentration of this young artist can be seen in her eyes, in the tension of her gestures.
The lighting effects accentuate her gestures and the progress of her work.
