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.
Topiaire Sujet No. 1, by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist, edition of 30. This Imaginary topiary and garden scene is the smallest size that Houtin created . François Houtin was born in Craon en Ma...
Etching
1er Nymphée, landscape print by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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. Fran...
Etching
Vie Folle - Folle Vie - Débile, artist book by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Vie Folle – Folle Vie – Débile is a rare accordion-fold artist’s book by François Houtin, containing thirty contiguous etchings that unfold into a continuous surreal landscape. Print...
Etching, Book
$398
Versailles : The Fountains - Original etching, Handsigned and Ltd to 45 proofs
By François Houtin
Located in Paris, IDF
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
Etching
$175Sale Price|41% Off
Francois Houtin Catalogue Raisonne, with print 1er Nymphée
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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...
Etching
Topiaire Habité — Surreal Topiary Etching by François Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Topiaire Habité is a surreal etching by François Houtin in which organic form and imagined habitation quietly intersect. A sculptural, topiary-like structure emerges within an open l...
Etching
Clown — Surreal Etching by François Houtin, in the Spirit of Giuseppe Arcimboldo
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
In Clown, François Houtin presents a darkly playful figure assembled from an improbable accumulation of organic and mechanical forms. The clown’s body appears constructed rather than...
Etching
Graines en Folies (Crazy Seeds), by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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...
Etching
$2,500
H 11.57 in W 9.63 in
Destinations (Flatiron Bidg, 5th Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street)
By Frederick Mershimer
Located in New Orleans, LA
In "Destinations", Frederick Mershimer creates an image of taxis rushing by the Fuller Building, better known as Flatiron Building. The building is only six feet wide at its rounded...
Mezzotint, Aquatint
$750
H 20.75 in W 11.75 in D 1 in
Etching and aquatint of Wall Street, New York, 1920s
By Max Pollak
Located in Colfax, CA
Etching and aquatint of Wall Street, New York circa 1928 by Max Pollak. Painter and printmaker Max Pollak, (1886-1970), was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia and was raised in Vienna, A...
Etching, Aquatint
$10,500
H 15 in W 36 in
"Irregular Arcs from Four Sides" signed etching with aquatint by Sol LeWitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Irregular Arcs from Four Sides" colorful, geometric abstract etching with aquatint in colors on Somerset paper with full margins. Signed and numbered PP 2/3 in pencil on front lower...
Etching, Aquatint
$1,100
H 17.75 in W 16 in
The glass mountain shattered David Hockney Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
This etching from David Hockney’s celebrated Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm portfolio depicts the somewhat obscure story Old Rinkrank, which Hockney chose to illustrate beca...
Etching, Aquatint
Mesh/Moire Set I-VI
By Tauba Auerbach
Located in Berkeley, CA
Tauba Auerbach creates art about language and logic through painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and instrument building. Auerbach’s one-person exhibition, “Tetrachromat” was presented at the Bergen Kunsthall, Norway; traveled to Malmo Konsthall, Sweden; and Wiels Contemporary Art Center, Brussels. In 2011 Auerbach was awarded the Smithsonian’s Artist Research Fellowship. Her work was included in the 2010 “Whitney Biennial,” New York; MoMA P.S. 1’s 2010, Greater New York; and the New Museum’s 2009 “Younger Than Jesus,” New York. Her work is included in the permanent collections of The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York among others. She is represented by Paula Cooper Gallery...
Etching
$1,036
H 7.88 in W 15.16 in
Behind the Frog - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Etching
By Charles Donker
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Charles Donker Behind the Frog 20 x 38,5 (Framed included in price, 42 x 59 cm) Etching on paper The etchings of Charles Donker are admired and collected both in the Netherlands and...
Etching
Untitled (3)
By Alicia McCarthy
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color softground etching with drypoint. Edition of 35
Etching, Intaglio
$700
H 15.7 in W 11.8 in
Juan Genoves Spanish Artist Original Hand Signed Engraving 1996
By Juan Genoves
Located in Miami, FL
Juan Genovés (Spain, 1930-2020) 'Untitled', 1996 engraving, aquatint on paper 15.8 x 11.9 in. (40 x 30 cm.) Edition of 150 ID: GEN1205-005-1 Hand-signed by author ___________________...
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
$480
H 14.5 in W 17.5 in
"This Must Be the Place VE 5/7" Intaglio, hand colored, patterns
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "This Must Be the Place VE 5/7" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from Intaglio with soft ground on Rives BFK. This piece is an edition of 7 ...
Archival Paper, Color, Etching, Intaglio
$1,036
H 11.62 in W 9.38 in
Forest VII - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Etching
By Charles Donker
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Charles Donker Forest VII 29,5 x 23,8 (Framed included in price, 52,5 x 45 cm) Etching on paper The etchings of Charles Donker are admired and collected both in the Netherlands and ...
Etching
$340
H 13.86 in W 11.03 in D 0.4 in
Trees Study Etching, Contemporary, AP 1/3, Mounted, 1980s
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
British printmaker and artist Wendy Jean Holt (1948–2025) was known for her distinctive etchings and aquatints, produced primarily during the late 1970s and 1980s. Her work combined ...
Etching
$2,000
H 8.69 in W 6.07 in
Plymouth Street ( a twilight scene is set in the Brooklyn section of DUMBO)
By Frederick Mershimer
Located in New Orleans, LA
This view of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges is looking down "Plymouth Street" to the intersection of Jay Street. It is #35 in the catalogue raisonne by Retif & Salzer and is in the permanent collection of the Museum of City of New York...
Mezzotint, Aquatint
$1,036
H 13.39 in W 8.27 in
Forest X - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Etching
By Charles Donker
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Charles Donker Forest X 34 x 21 (Framed included in price, 41,5 x 56,5 cm) Etching on paper The etchings of Charles Donker are admired and collected both in the Netherlands and abro...
Etching
The Wood
By Miles Cleveland Goodwin
Located in Dallas, TX
Miles Cleveland Goodwin says, "I don’t like to do things I don’t know." Not unlike the spirit of Southern literature and Delta blues music, there is an autobiographical nature to his...
Paper, Etching
$1,100
H 6.75 in W 5.07 in
Late Night (Where Berkeley Place meets Seventh Avenue in Brooklyn's Park Slope)
By Frederick Mershimer
Located in New Orleans, LA
In "Late Night", Frederick Mershimer created a winter scene where Berkeley Place meets Seventh Avenue in Brooklyn's Park Slope. This image, the seventh in t...
Mezzotint, Aquatint
Sold
H 9.25 in W 7.13 in
Panoplie, fantasy topiary etching by contemporary french artist Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Contemporary French artist Francois Houtin still developed his signature style of imaginary vegetation and symbols in the 1970's and has continued to master etching and fantasy lands...
Etching
Jardin d'Evasion, François Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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...
Drypoint
Serenite
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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...
Drypoint
Mascarade No.2, by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, from the edition of 60.. François Houtin was born in Craon en Mayenne, France in 1950. He has lived and worked...
Etching
Tempio d'Amore
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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...
Etching
Mannequin No 1, by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, from the edition of 40. Surrrealistic, imaginary character with flowing robes. François Houtin was born in Crao...
Etching
Mannequin No 3, by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, from the edition of 40. Surrrealistic, imaginary character with flowing robes. François Houtin was born in Crao...
Etching
l'Hiver, by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, from the edition of 80. François Houtin was born in Craon en Mayenne, France in 1950. He has lived and worked i...
Etching
Two prints and catalogue by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Group of four etchings by Francois Houtin: 1) Topiaire Habite 2) L’Oliverie 3) L’Hiver 4) La Grande Tambe. François Houtin was born in Craon en Mayen...
Etching
Four prints by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Group of four etchings by Francois Houtin: 1) Topiaire Habite 2) L’Oliverie 3) L’Hiver 4) La Grande Tambe. François Houtin was born in Craon en Mayen...
Etching
1er Nymphée
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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...
Etching
Cenotaphe No. 1
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, 3/50. Imaginary topiary and garden scenes, with incredibly fine line work in the etching. François Houtin was born in Craon en Mayenne, Franc...
Etching
Nostalgie No. 2
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This is one of three impressions the artist made of the first state of this print, though it is nearly complete. François Houtin was born in Craon en Mayenne, France in 1950. He ha...
Etching
Metamorphose
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered and annotated "Maquette (3/3)". Imaginary landscape with waterfalls, incredibly fine line work in this small etching. François Houtin was born in Craon ...
Etching
Les Jumeaux (The Twins)
By François Houtin
Located in New Orleans, LA
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 ...
Canvas, Paper, Ink