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jean lurçat
jean lurçat was a french artist noted for his role in the revival of contemporary tapestry.he was born in bruyères, vosges, the son of lucien jean baptiste lurçat and marie emilie marguerite l'hote. he was the brother of andré lurçat, who became an architect. after his secondary education at épinal, he enrolled at la faculté des sciences de nancy and studied medicine. he went to switzerland and germany (munich) and in leaving his educational path, he went to the workshop of victor prouvé, the head of the école de nancy.in 1912, jean lurçat took residence in paris with his brother andré. he en…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of jean lurçat's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
