François Houtin Art
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 Tuileries 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 of utopian gardens. His prints mix equal parts of superb draughtsmanship, deep appreciation for the history of Classical French landscape architecture, and his own unfettered imagination. Houtin was awarded the Prix de Gravure Lacourière in 1981 and the Prix de Gravure Florence Gould in 1986. In 1991, he became a member of the Société des Peintres-Graveurs Français. While etching remains his preferred mode of expression, since 2002 Houtin has also made very large ink wash drawings on paper and canvas. For four years, he produced windows for Hermès, monumental decorations of foliage and beautiful frescoes painted in tempera.
1980s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Drypoint
Early 2000s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1980s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Drypoint
1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
Early 2000s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1980s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
Early 2000s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
20th Century American Modern François Houtin Art
Canvas, Paper, Ink
1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1980s Modern François Houtin Art
Etching
2010s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Drypoint, Paper
2010s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Drypoint, Etching
1990s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Mezzotint, Aquatint
1980s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
2010s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Paper, Drypoint, Pastel, Etching
2010s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Paper, Etching, Drypoint
2010s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Drypoint, Etching, Mixed Media, Oil Pastel, Paper
1980s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1990s American Modern François Houtin Art
Etching
2010s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Drypoint, Paper
2010s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Drypoint, Paper
2010s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Paper, Drypoint
1980s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1980s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1980s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1980s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1980s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Drypoint
Early 2000s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
Etching
1980s Modern François Houtin Art
Etching