Pierre Wemaëre

Pierre Wemaëre (1913–2010) was a French painter and tapestry designer.

Biography

Wemaëre was born in Comines, France in 1913.[1] Wemaëre was a student in Fernand Leger's Atelier de l'Art Contemporain in the mid 1930s.[2][3][4] In the 1940s Wemaëre took up weaving and tapestry design as part of his art practice.[5] He was a long-time friend and collaborator with Asger Jorn, who he had met at Leger's Atelier.[6]

He died in Versailles, France in 2010.[1]

Collections

His work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago,[7] the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne,[8] the Centre Pompidou, Paris[1] and the Tate Museum, London.[9]

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