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| Artist: | Rene Couturier |
| Life: | b. 1933 |
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| Title: | View of Houses Through Trees |
| Style: | Abstract, Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 63" x 53" |
| Executed: | Unknown |
| Signed: | yes |
| Frame: | Black |
| Price: | $4,900 |
| Description: INV # 1016 Couturier attended the renowned L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Marseilles. He has lived in the Netherlands, Mexico, the United States, Africa and France. His work appears in exhibitions throughout the continents of Europe, North America and Africa. He paints by superimposing layers of sand and oil on canvas with a palette knife. As a gifted and expressive colorist, Couturier gives the surface of his canvases a jewel-like quality that illuminates his sure and elegant sense of composition. Whether he is painting open vistas or still-lives, the artist creates a subtle intimacy with spontaneous gesture, vigorous texture and robust linear networks. The sensitivity with which these powerful elements are combined reflect remarkable discipline in an intense artistic spirit. Rene Couturier’s talent has commanded international interest in the artist’s unique and powerful paintings, drawings and graphic works. Born in 1933 in Dieppe on the cost of Normandy, Couturier attended the renowned L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Marseilles. Since completing his studies, the artist has lived in Mexico, the United States, Africa and France. His work appears in exhibitions throughout the continents of Europe, North America and Africa. |
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