Rating and value of works, tapestries and hinges by Jean Picart le Doux

A remarkable but forgotten painter and upholsterer, Jean Picart le Doux was an artist of many talents. He is famous for his tapestries and paintings.  In particular, he worked with the Aubusson manufacture, which wove many of his tapestries. A look back at this extraordinary artist and past auctions of his works.

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Rating and value of the artist 

Acknowledged upholsterer of his time, Jean Picart le Doux is an artist fairly valued on the art market. Prized by collectors, his quotation is stable. Naturally, his tapestries are his most sought-after works, although there are many drawings on the auction market. A work by le Doux can fetch very high prices at auction, as demonstrated by his tapestry Silence which fetched €37,000 in Paris, whereas it was estimated at between €1,000 and €1,500. 

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The life of Jean Picart le Doux  

Jean Picart le Doux (1902 - 1982) was born in Paris. He was the son of Charles Picart le Doux, a 19th-century painter. His mother died when he was five, and he was raised by his grandparents in Paris. He attended the Lycée Condorcet, but dropped out of high school at the age of sixteen to take up bookbinding. He then drifted into advertising and graphic arts, but managed to make a name for himself in all fields. His activity enabled him to publish his first works in 1935. In 1943, he won the grand prize for theater posters at the Salon de l'imagerie.

He went on to collaborate with Jean Lurçat, on a magazine cover project. With him and Marc de Saint-Saëns, he founded the Association des peintres cartonniers de tapisserie in 1947.

Exhibiting in France and then Switzerland, he met graphic designers and planned to found an international graphic alliance.

Aubusson would produce four hundred original tapestries by Le Doux, which is considerable. Some of his tapestries are selected to decorate variable interiors, notably that of the liner France.

Le Doux was also involved in the artistic life of his time, joining the Board of Directors of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.

He died in Venice in 1982, leaving behind a colossal legacy. 

The artist's works and style 

Jean Picart le Doux will have explored several artistic genres and several pictorial techniques. He produced many lithographs, but also tapestries, drawings and sometimes sculptures : he mastered ceramic techniques.

The Aubusson manufactory produced almost all his tapestries. Others have since been produced and these pieces may be present on the auction market.

His signature

The works of Jean Picart le Doux are not all signed. He signs his full name.

Although there are variations, here's a first example of his signature :

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