biografía de Jean COUTY (1907-1991)

Personal data


Birth : 03/12/1907 - Lyon, France
Death : 05/12/1991 - Lyon, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France

Representatives

Couty Charles – 2 Place Henri Barbusse – Lyon, France
Galerie 26 – 26 place des Vosges – Paris, France
Galerie Larock-Granoff – 13 Quai de Conti – Paris, France
Galerie Olivier Houg – 13 rue Jarente – Lyon, France


Education

1925 – 1927 : ENBAL Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts (Architecture) – 10 rue Neyret – Lyon, France
1926 : Ecole d’Architecture de Lyon – 3 rue Maurice Audin – Vaulx-en-Velin, France
Has frequented the studio of Tony GARNIER [ 1869-1948 ]
1927 – 1933 : Ecole d’Architecture de Lyon (DPLG) – 3 rue Maurice Audin – Vaulx-en-Velin, France

Professional data


Work and Life

1980:He travels in the United States
1978 – 1988:He travels around the world
1974:He travels in Istanbul
1974:He travels in Russia
1973:He travels in Jerusalem
1967:He travels in Andalousia
1966:He travels in Marocco
1953:He travels in Amsterdam
1952:He travels in Venice
1922:He meets Tony GARNIER who advises him the Beaux-Arts
1920:He writes his first poems
1918:He realizes his first drawings with pencil (boats, fishermen)


Prizes

1975

1975 : Prix des Peintres Témoins de leur Temps – Paris, France

1950

1950 : Grand Prix de la Critique de Paris – Paris, France
Awarded by : Galerie Saint Placide – 41 rue Saint Placide – Paris, France

1937

1937 : Grand Prix Paris Lyon – Paris, France


Honorary degree

1976

1976 : Ordre des Arts et des Lettres – Paris, France

1961

1961 : Légion d’honneur – Paris, France


Affiliated to an association

Les amis de Jean Couty – Les amis de Jean Couty – Lyon, France

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Oil
Print-Multiple : Print
Drawing-Watercolor : Charcoal - Drawing - Indian ink - Pastel - Pencil

Subject

decoration
still life
landscape
portrait
religion
genre scene

Artistic periods

1976-1991 : More and more colours
1955-1976 : More and more thick canvases
1951-1991 : More colored painting, different topics: travels, Lyon city, nudes...
1946-1955 : Canvases take of the colour and some material
1934-1935 : He joins "Les Nouveaux", with whom he exhibits
1930-1940 : Dark canvases not enough material on the canvas
1925-1950 : Darkness in the paintings, portraits, family topics, pencil

Movements and styles

Expressionism
Lyon School
New Lyoneses

Works

Chantier de l'Auditorium
Date of creation : 1975
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 190 x 130 cm
 
Le vase de Sèvres
Date of creation : 1952
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 73 x 60 cm
 
La vieille dame
Date of creation : 1949
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 146 x 97 cm
 
La Mère
Date of creation : 1941
Medium : Oil/canvas
 
Le Bénédicité
Date of creation : 1935
Medium : Oil/canvas
 
La Parabole des Fous
Date of creation : 1931
Medium : Oil/canvas
 
Les Hauts Fourneaux
Date of creation : 1931
Medium : Oil/canvas
 
Montmartre
Medium : Indian ink
Size : 15 x 12 cm
 
Le Saint du Bois
Medium : Oil
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2008

Galerie Larock-Granoff – Paris, France
10/03/2008 – 10/30/2008

2007

Couty 100 ans
Dome de l’Hôtel-Dieu / Musée des Beaux-Arts – Lyon, France
06/2007 – 12/2007

2006

Couty inédit
Château – Vogüe, France
06/2006 – 10/2006

2002

Portraits
Musée Paul Dini – Villefranche-sur-Saône, France
04/07/2002 – 06/30/2002

1997

Rétrospective
Galerie Larock-Granoff – Paris, France
1997

1996

Jean Couty, Rétrospective
Mairie – Villeurbanne, France
1996

1992

Jean Couty, Rétrospective
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Menton, France
1992

1990

Jean Couty, Rétrospective
Auditorium de Lyon – Lyon, France
11/1990 – 03/1991

1989

Jean Couty, les cathédrales
Galerie Larock-Granoff – Paris, France
1989

1975

Jean Couty rétrospective 1931-1971
Maison de la Culture – Bourges, France
1975

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

1950

Salon des Peintres Témoins de leurs temps
Paris, France
1950

1947

Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1947

1935

Salon des Artistes Indépendants
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
1935


Group exhibitions

1989

L’Ecole de Paris
Différentes galeries à travers le Japon, Japan
03/1989 – 12/1989

1979

Les Chantiers
Musée de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
10/1979 – 11/1979

1965

35 peintres au musée de l’Athénée
Musée de l’Athénee – Geneva GE, Switzerland
09/1965 – 12/1965

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2007

Couty 100 ans
Publisher: Editions La Taillanderie – 22 rue Juiverie – Lyon, France
2007

2006

Couty inédit
Publisher: Editions La Taillanderie – 22 rue Juiverie – Lyon, France
2006

2003

Quid
Publisher: Editions Robert Laffont – Paris, France
2003

1998

Les Eglise Romanes de Jean Couty
Publisher: Editions Ides et Calendes – Evole 19 – Neuchâtel NE, Switzerland
Author: Harambourg Lydia – Neuchâtel NE, Switzerland
1998
ISBN : 2825801399

Histoire des Arts Plastiques à Lyon au XXème siècle
Publisher: Editions Mémoires des Arts – Lyon, France
Author: Vollerin Alain – Lyon, France
1998
ISBN : 2912544068

1997

Jean Couty, un peintre témoin de son temps
Publisher: Editions Mémoires des Arts – Lyon, France
Author: Vollerin Alain – Lyon, France
1997

1990

Alain Vavro
in: Jean Couty, sa vie, son oeuvre
Lyon, France
1990

1971

La Route du Vin en France : la Bourgogne
Author: de Lacretelle Jacques
1971

1969

Pierre Mazars
in: Jean Couty
Publisher: Editions Pierre Cailler – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1969

1943

Saint François de chez nous, Poèmes
Author: Claudel Paul
1943
Jean COUTY [ 1907-1991 ]


Dictionaries

2000

Dictionnaire des peintres et sculpteurs à Lyon aux XIXe et XXe siècles
Publisher: Editions La Taillanderie – 22 rue Juiverie – Lyon, France
Author: Gouttenoire Bernard – Lyon, France
2000
ISBN : 287629222X

1999

Dictionnaire Bénézit
Publisher: Editions Gründ – 60, rue Mazarine – Paris, France
1999

1995

Who’s Who in International Art
Who’s Who International S.A. – Chemin du Levant 23 – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
1995

1993

L’Ecole de Paris, 1945-1965, Dictionnaire des peintres
Publisher: Editions Ides et Calendes – Evole 19 – Neuchâtel NE, Switzerland
Author: Harambourg Lydia – Neuchâtel NE, Switzerland
1993
ISBN : 2825800481


Exhibition catalogues

2002

Jean Couty – Les portraits
Publisher: Musée Paul Dini – Place Faubert – Villefranche-sur-Saône, France
2002


Periodicals

2002

Jean Couty portraits singuliers
in: Le Tout Lyon Moniteur Judiciaire Réunis p. 15
Lyon, France
13/04/2002-19/04/2002


Websites

http://www.jeancouty.com/
Lyon, France

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