JEAN PICART LE DOUX (1902-1982) Dolphins Wool tapestry Woven by Atelier Berthaut Signed lower right: Jean Picart Le Doux Height 150 cm - Width 129 cm Bibliography Maurice Bruzeau, Jean Picart le Doux, Murs de soleil, Editions Cercle d'art, 1972, n° 95 Jean Picart Le Doux started out in bookbinding and publishing, before moving into advertising and graphic arts, publishing his first works in 1935. Advised by his friend Jean Lurçat, he turned to the art of tapestry, producing his first cartoons in 1943. He became one of the great masters of Aubusson tapestry. Several of his works were selected for the decoration of the liner France, including the monumental tapestry Les Phases du temps in the first-class smoking room. He worked mainly with the Ateliers Berthaut et Hamot in Aubusson, and executed a number of cartoons for the Manufacture nationale des Gobelins.