Pierre Wemaëre

Pierre Wemaëre (October 1, 1913 – January 8, 2010) was a French painter and tapestry designer.

[1] Wemaëre was a student in Fernand Léger'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.

[1] 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.