Daniel Couture [Zinnia and Rose-Colored Table] Oil painting No. 8, 2008 [Framed]

Paintings by Daniel Couthures are not merely beautiful in their harmony of color. French art critic Jean-Roger Valere wrote that they are vibrant, natural depictions, and literary works born from his sensibility and experience. Born in Paris in 1930, after graduating from the elite commercial design school École des Arts Appliqués, he continued to paint even while working as a designer, becoming a popular artist in France and the United States from the 1970s. After 1990, he lived in his father's hometown in the South of France, where he continued to create works full of happiness with bright colors under the brilliant light of the region. In Japan, solo exhibitions and touring exhibitions were held at famous department stores such as Sapporo Mitsukoshi, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, and Kobe Daimaru from 2004 onwards, but in 2012, due to years of eye strain, he became unable to distinguish colors. Painting production also stopped.