Daniel Couture [Peace] Oil painting 40x40cm 2011 [Framed]

Daniel Couture's paintings are not merely beautiful harmonies of color. Jean-Roger Valliere, 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 commercial design school École des Arts Appliqués, he continued to paint even while working as a designer, becoming a popular artist in France and America starting in the 1970s. From 1990 onwards, he lived in his father's hometown in the south of France, and under the bright light of southern France, he continued to paint works brimming with happiness using bright colors. 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, and painting production ceased.