From the canvas to the factory wall : Edgard Pillet, integrated abstract art and its misunderstandings

In 1952 Edgard Pillet (1912-1996) paints a set of abstract murals inside the Mame typographies in Tours, France. Being an unprecedented experience, it is an eloquent attempt to approach art to the common citizen, fulfilling the ideals of the vanguards of the beginning of the 20th century. This communication contextualizes this artistic intervention in the painter's work, reflecting on the echo it had in Lisbon, where a heated debate was being fought between abstract and figurative painters