Daniel Couture [Bouquet Panache] Oil painting 8cm 2011 [Framed]

French art critic Jean-Roger Valere wrote that Daniel Cuture's paintings are not merely beautiful in their harmony of colors. They are vivid and natural depictions, as well as 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 starting in the 1970s. From 1990 onwards, he lived in his father's hometown in the South of France, where he continued to create works overflowing with happiness in bright colors under the brilliant light of the region. In Japan, solo exhibitions and visits 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 overusing his eyes, he lost the ability to distinguish colors. Painting production also ceased.