“L’Oiseau de feu” Aubusson tapestry, Camille Hilaire (1916-2004), Pinton workshops, 1963

“L’Oiseau de feu”
Wool Aubusson tapestry
Woven by the Pinton workshops
Signed label (bolduc)
1963
Literature: ‘Hilaire, œuvre tissée’, Galerie Verrière, 1970, illustrated
H. 190 cm × W. 190 cm

Biographical notes
A painter from Lorraine drawn to large formats, Camille Hilaire produced many murals and, from 1949, dozens of tapestry cartoons, some woven at the Gobelins and Beauvais. He joined Jean Lurçat in the Association des peintres-cartonniers de tapisserie.