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Spectacular tapestry by Michel Degand
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£17,244.74
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Michel Degand (1934–2021)
Tapestry
Mixed media, wool and silk
Circa 1970–1980
Dimensions: H. 220 × W. 350 cm
Biographical Information
A major artist of the second half of the 20th century, Michel Degand developed a body of work that blended tapestry, painting, and sculpture. He collaborated with leading French weaving workshops, exploring the richness of textures, the interplay of colors, and relief. His textile works, often large-scale, are part of a modernized tradition of art tapestry, at the crossroads of abstraction and material experimentation.
His tapestries are now held in numerous public and private collections, including:
– the Mobilier National (National Furniture Collection),
– the City of Lille,
– the Aubusson Manufactory,
– and several institutions in Belgium and Japan.
Michel Degand, born November 15, 1934, in Loos-lez-Lille (Nord) and died October 19, 2021, in Tourcoing, was a French artist, cardboard designer, painter, visual artist, and sculptor.
Michel Degand was very young when his grandfather, an art glassmaker and conductor, instilled in him a love of music and drawing, leading him to choose the profession of lithographic draftsman, a course taught at the Baggio Technical College in Lille. At the age of 17, he joined the newspaper La Voix du Nord to learn the trade of photoengraver, while simultaneously taking courses in general aesthetics at the Lille School of Fine Arts. Assigned to the French Navy in Paris for his military service, he attended life drawing classes at the Grande Chaumière art school. Back in Lille, he became interested in the revival of tapestry and produced no fewer than 250 tapestries woven from over one hundred cartoons, primarily in the Pinton workshops in Felletin, but also at the Gobelins Manufactory, the Tournai Academy, and in various workshops in Calais and Portugal. Numerous trips to the United States allowed him to exhibit in prestigious galleries such as the Wenger Gallery in San Francisco, the Carlsan Gallery in Chicago, and others. A retrospective of his works was dedicated to him in 1979 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille, and again in 2013 at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Arras.
He created several monumental works in tapestry and sculpture for the Palais de Justice in Lille, the Oaks Hotel in Houston, two metro stations in Lille (Rihour and Fives), the Lille Métropole Museum of Modern Art, Euralliance, and the Nord Departmental Council building. In 1993, he devoted himself primarily to painting and held numerous exhibitions for museums including the Tapestry Museum in Tournai, the Boulogne-sur-Mer Museum, the Abbey of Saint-Riquier, the Matisse Museum in Le Cateau, the La Piscine Museum in Roubaix, the MAMAC in Nice, and the Museum of Drawing and Original Prints in Gravelines. The Bellint and La Réserve galleries in Paris, Storme and Dorval in Lille, and Lagier in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue regularly exhibit his works.
In 2013 and 2014, a new retrospective of his works, tapestries and paintings, was dedicated to him at the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras and the Cité Nature in Arras, respectively, followed by another in 2019 at the Prieuré d'Airaines.
On October 4, 2019, the city of Loos (European Metropolis of Lille) inaugurated the Espace Michel Degand, an exhibition space that pays tribute to the Loos-born artist. An “exhibition space that highlights the diversity of visual arts…”
Poets and writers Emmanuel Looten, Jean Guichard-Meili, Pierre Dhainaut, Alain Réveillon, Gérard Durozoi, Olivier Clynckemaillie, Bruno Vouters, and Jean-Pierre Nicol collaborate with him on the creation of artists’ books. In 2013, the writer and poet Pierre Henry wrote a biography of the artist Michel Degand, entitled “The Art of the Poetic.”
He lives and works in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, as well as in his studio in Roubaix. Michel Degand’s work is featured in numerous collections both in France and abroad.
Principal works:
Woven works:
Miroir de Terre (2007), Nord General Council (Lille)
Vers un autre demain (2004), Euralliance (Lille). Tapestry exhibited in Aubusson for three months for the inauguration of the International Tapestry Center (July 10, 2016).
Towards the Future (1998), Tournai Tapestry Museum
Forgotten Faces (1983-1985), Aubusson tapestries
Neither Day nor Night (1982), Lille Métropole Museum of Modern Art
The Song Towards the Impossible (1971-1974), Aubusson tapestries created on the theme of the Flemish poet Emmanuel Looten
In This Unexplored Space of Dreams (1970), Oaks Hotel (Houston)
Of Stars in Trembling Evenings (1967), Lille Courthouse
Painted Works:
Not Going Beyond (2011), Wellington Quarry, Arras
Teach Me to Pass (2011), Wellington Quarry, Arras
Zero to Infinity… or a Thousand and One Whispers (2009), Rameau Palace Lille
Palimpsest (2003), Lille City Hall
The Old Maid (1977), Roubaix Museum of Art and Industry, La Piscine
Multiple series: The Crossings (2002-2008), The Abyss (1995-1997), The Reflecting Heads (1992-1995), Image and Writing (1993-2000), Ocean of Purple (2003), Tender Ironies (2004-2005)
Sculpted works:
Earth of Sky (2010), Parc du Bois Leurent in Roncq
The Family (2005), Lille Europe
Painted Wood (1995), Gravelines Heritage House
Lille Fives Metro Station (1983), 80 m² enameled lava mural (Lille)
Metro Station Lille Rihour (1983), 100 m2 mural, stainless steel and railway sleepers (Lille)
- Dimensions:Height: 86.62 in (220 cm)Width: 137.8 in (350 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
- Style:Beaux Arts (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Tapestry,Woven
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1970
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU9892248351622
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