Production : Association Dom Robert et Films du Horla
Scriptwriter-Director : Patrick CAZALS
Camera : Jacques MALNOU Editing : Frank GAUTIER Post-production : L’œil du Cyclope
Film available in DVCam and DVD
DOM ROBERT’S WOOL FIELDS
Synopsis: Born in 1907, Dom Robert whose real name is Guy de Chaumac is one of the master of the contemporary tapestry making.
In the twenties he enters the Decorative Arts School of Paris.
Bocontith his artistic and religious bent find their opening out in 1930 at Encalcat’s Benedictine Abbey in Tarn.
In Aubusson, la Beauze's workshop continues to weave Dom Robert’s cardboards to complete the fund passed on to Encalcat’s Abbey by Suzanne Goubely its director.
The tapestry called The Creation of the World is finished.
Falling from the tapestry frame the craftsmen seize the opportunity to talk about their collaboration with the artist .
This tapestry will be among the permanent collection of the coming Espace Dom Robert planned by the community of the communes of the pays de Dourgne, in Tarn.
