Daniel Couture [Blue Bouquet] Oil painting No. 6, 2011 [Framed]

Daniel Couture's paintings are not merely beautiful as a harmony of colors. They are vibrant, natural depictions, and also literary works born from his sensibilities and experiences, wrote French art critic Jean-Roger Valere. 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, continuing to create works full of happiness with bright colors under the bright light of Southern France. 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 lost the ability to distinguish colors. Painting production also stopped.