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Jean Couty, a French painter born in Saint-Rambert-l’Île-Barbe in 1907 and who died in Lyon in 1991, initially trained in architecture. In 1925, he entered the class of Sainte-Marie Perrin and studied the discipline for eight years at the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon and then in Paris. He exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris from 1935 to 1940; La Mère, completed in 1936 and shown at the Salon, was noted there by André Lhote.
The construction sites of the Lyon metro inspired Le Chantier du Métro, the painting with which Couty won the Grand Prix des Peintres Témoins de leur Temps. In 1971, the Maison de la Culture de Bourges presented a retrospective of his work. In 2017, his son Charles opened a museum in his honour in Saint-Rambert, on the banks of the Saône.
This profile brings together identity references for Jean Couty and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Dobiaschofsky · Genève Enchères · Piguet
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Oil on canvas
Lyon sous la neige, cathédrale Saint-Jean,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2023-09-06 — 2023-09-20
Published result : 3000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Lyon sous la neige, cathédrale Saint-Jean,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2023-05-25 — 2023-06-07
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Oil on canvas
Barques
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2019-09-17
Published result : 1600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500–800
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Oil on canvas
Nature morte aux citrons
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2019-09-17
Published result : 900 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500–800
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Oil on canvas
Venise
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2019-09-17
Published result : 8000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Le Pont Bonaparte et la Cathédrale Saint-Jean à Lyon.
Öl auf Lwd
Date to be documented
Published result : 2500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000
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"Vue de l′Île Barbe".
Öl auf Lwd
Date to be documented
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3600
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Lyon, l'Ile Barbe sous la neige
huile sur pavatex
Catalogue period : 2015-10-07
Published result : 2200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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