JEAN GILLON ABSTRACT PAINTING #292, 1940’S

JEAN GILLON 1919-2007

GOUACHE ON BOARD

BRAZIL1940’S

French-born and trained, Jean Gillon settled in Brazil in 1948 and worked across furniture, tapestry, and drawing, shaping a distinctly hybrid modernism. His drawings and works on paper share the concerns of his furniture: rhythm, balance, and material presence. Brazilian fauna, flora, and cultural motifs recur in vibrant, figurative compositions.

His best-known work, the Jangada armchair (1968), was inspired by the fishing rafts he saw on the Brazilian coast. Local reference meets modern design language, the same synthesis that runs through his art.

These two early works offer a view of Gillon’s practice at its root, where line, composition, and cultural observation anticipate the furniture that made his name.

23.5” H X 28.75 W X 1 D IN (59.69 X 73.03 X 2.54 CM)

$ 2,300