Jean Lurçat (1892-1966), who directed his energy into promoting tapestry, was not a weaver at all, but a French painter.
In the late 1950s he became interested in tapestry after visiting the fourteenth-century “Apocalypse” set in the castle at Angers, which was woven by Nicolas Bataille between 1375-79. Lurçat was immensely impressed by the skill and creativity of this tapestry.
Following his visit he became deeply involved in tapestry design and manufacture, his intention being to return to the style and technique of weaving that had existed before Raphael.