1041 
Takes refuge in Souilac, Lot, where he was an active member of the 
underground movement. 
1942 Exhibition in New York at the Bignou Gallery: 'Dufy and Lurgat'. 
1944 Exhibition in Paris, at the Galerie Carré: ’Vingt tapisseries’. 
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1947 
1948-57 
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1961 
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1964 
Acquires les Tours Saint-Laurent, an 11th Century castle the ramparts of 
which look down on the small town of Saint-Céré. 
Exhibition ’la Tapisserie francaise du Moyen-Áge à nos jours’ presented at 
the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris, then in Amsterdam, Brussels 
and London in 1947, proclaiming the renaissance of the tapestry. 
Exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts of Brussels. Exhibition of 5o 
tapestries and 50 paintings at the Kunsthalle of Berne. Execution of the 
tapestry '"L'Apocalypse' (14'11" x 39'8") for the choir of the church of Assy 
and the tapestry "Le Vin' (13'3" x 34'9") for the Burgundy Wine Museum 
of Beaune. 
Exhibitions, trips and lectures in Switzerland, Great. Britain, Belgium, 
Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, Scandinavia, Holland, Italy, Brazil, China. 
The creation of sketches for the group of tapestries ’Le Chant du Monde’ is 
undertaken. While working for 8 years to the completion of this series, he 
fills more and more numerous private and official orders of tapestries, in 
France as well as abroad. He takes part in several exhibitions in Europe, 
United States and Japan. 
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Important exhibition presenting the whole of his works at the National 
Museum of Modern Art in Paris. 
He is named a member of Royal Academy of Belgium and of National 
Academy of Fine Arts of Portugal. Trips to Japan and India. 
Foundation in Lausanne of the international centre of Old and Modern 
Tapestrv of which he is chosen president. 
Wall fresco at the French Embassy in Cotonou, Dahomey; First International 
Biennial of Tapestry, Lausanne. 
On February 19th, he is elected to the Academy of Fine Arts. Exhibition of 
the tapestries 'Chant du Monde' at the Museum of Decorative Arts in 
Paris. Winter 1964-65 trip to Mexico. 
1965 Second International Biennial of Tapestry. 
1966 January 6th, death of Jean Lurcat in Saint-Paul-de-Vence.