JACK COUTU A.R.E., A.R.C.A.
(born 1924)
“Marine Parade”
Original Coloured Etching.
Artist’s Proof. 3rd State
428mm x 603mm. Signed,
titled and dated 1960
Provenance: The Artist’s
Studio
n.b. One of a few artist’s proofs, each one with
variations.
An Edition was never
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Jack Coutu is a printmaker and sculptor, etcher and engraver on copper,
and carver of miniatures in boxwood and ivory, watercolourist and teacher. He was born, Raymond John Coutu, at Farnham, Surrey in 1924 and educated at Farnham Grammar School. He studied art at Farnham School of Art from
1947 to 1951, the Royal College of Art from 1951 to 1954 and the Central School
of Art from 1951 to 1955, where Merlin Evans was a notable influence on Coutu’s
printmaking. He taught printmaking at Central School from 1957 to 1965 and then
at Farnham, West Surrey College of Art and Design from 1965 to 1985. His career as a notable carver of netsuke
began in 1968 and he became a member of the America based Netsuke Kenkyukai
Society. He is also a member of the
Royal Society of Painter Etchers and Engravers and the Printmakers’ Council. The Japanese influence on Coutu’s work was
“due to a stay during my Army career with the occupation forces”. He has shown in group exhibitions at the
Royal Academy, at leading netsuke conventions, has had a two-man show with
Michael Rothenstein at Alecto Gallery in 1965 and a solo exhibition at Graphic
Arts Gallery in 1968. His work is in
the permanent collections of King Gustave of Sweden; the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusette; Bradford City Art Gallery; the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Arts Council of
Great Britain.
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