Daniel Couture [Celadon Vase] Oil painting No. 10, 2008 [Framed]

Daniel Couture's paintings are more than just beautiful in their harmony of colors. Jean-Roger Valere, a French art critic, wrote that they are vibrant, natural depictions, and also literary works born from his sensibility and experience. Born in Paris in 1930, after graduating from the elite design school École des Arts Appliqués, he continued to paint even while working as a designer, becoming a popular artist in France and America from the 1970s. After 1990, he lived in his father's hometown in the South of France, where he continued to create works filled with happiness using bright colors under the brilliant light of the region. In Japan, solo 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 lost the ability to distinguish colors. Painting production also stopped.