François Houtin Art

Signed and titled in pencil by the artist from the edition of 80. This is a great example of the texture and tone that can be achieved with drypoint. In keeping with the best Italia...

This print was made to accompany the deluxe version of the Catalogue Raisonne covering the years 1993-2002. One of his imaginary garden huts or cabanes in wilderness setting. The pr...

Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 30. Imaginary topiary and garden scene, with incredibly fine line work in one of Houtin's earliest etchings. François Houtin was born in Craon en Mayenne, France in 1950. He has lived and worked in Paris since 1971. He was trained as a landscape architect, and worked on such prominent projects as the renovation of the Jardin des Tuilleries in 1991. It wasn't until 1973 that he learned printmaking from Jean Delpech, and by 1979 he had become a full-time artist known for his highly detailed prints...

Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, 3/50. Imaginary topiary and garden scene, with incredibly fine line work in the etching. François Houtin was born in Craon en Mayenne, France...

Signed, titled and numbered by the artist, edition of 30. Imaginary topiary and garden scenes, with incredibly fine line work in the etching in this image of a suspended garden. Oth...

Signed and titled by the artist from the edition of 40. A print from early in Houtin's career A fanciful unstructured poem, with plants, designs and words flowing through the image...

This is a unique print from the second state, signed and titled in pencil. the final edition of 180 was completed for the Société des peintres-graveurs français. This is a great example of the texture and tone that can be achieved with drypoint. In keeping with the best Italian traditions, Houtin's gardens are well furnished with fragmentary architecture conveying a mood of elegiac decay, while the vestiges of grand designs, manifest in a profusion of topiary-lined avenues, evoke French precedents. Elsewhere, temples and pavilions scattered over undulating slopes speak of an enthusiasm for English garden practice. Bordering at times on the surreal, baroque in their richness and extravagance of conception, Houtin's gardens are hybrid creations in terms of both their botany and architecture, which wittily plunder a wide spectrum of conventions. François Houtin was born in Craon en Mayenne, France in 1950. He has lived and worked in Paris since 1971. He was trained as a landscape architect, and worked on such prominent projects as the renovation of the Jardin des Tuilleries in 1991. It wasn't until 1973 that he learned printmaking from Jean Delpech, and by 1979 he had become a full-time artist known for his highly detailed prints...

Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, 28/30. Imaginary landscape with waterfalls, incredibly fine line work in this small etching. François Houtin was...

Signed, titled and numbered by the artist, edition of 50. Imaginary topiary and garden scenes, with incredibly fine line work in the etching in this image of a suspended garden. Others in this series are available. François Houtin was born in Craon en Mayenne, France in 1950. He has lived and worked in Paris since 1971. He was trained as a landscape architect, and worked on such prominent projects as the renovation of the Jardin des Tuilleries in 1991. It wasn't until 1973 that he learned printmaking from Jean Delpech, and by 1979 he had become a full-time artist known for his highly detailed...

Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. This print was made to accompany the deluxe version of the Catalogue Raisonne covering the years 1993-2002. One of his imaginary garden hut...

Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, from the edition of 40. Surrrealistic, imaginary character with flowing robes. François Houtin was born in Crao...

Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, 32/40. an hommage to Giuseppe Arcimboldo, a 16th century artist best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objec...

Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. This print was an hommage to the architect Louis Sullivan, done after a trip to Chicago. While keeping the fantastical garden...

Signed and dated "Houtin 20" (lower left) Indian ink wash on paper mounted on canvas This utopian gardenscape was composed by the celebrated French artist François Houtin. Executed ...

An early rarely seen print from 1977, when Houtin was still developing his signature style of imaginary vegetation and symbols. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil from the edition of 20. François Houtin...

Signed and titled artist proof. A print from early in Houtin's career A fanciful bio-morphic portrait. François Houtin was born in Craon en Mayenne, France in 1950. He has lived an...

François HOUTIN Versailles : The Fountains, 1985 Original etching Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 45 in roman numbers On vellum 25 x 33 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) Excellent condition