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
decorationstill life
landscape
portrait
religion
genre scene
Artistic periods
1976-1991 : More and more colours1955-1976 : 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
ExpressionismLyon 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