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.
Trois Plantes, by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
In Trois Plants, François Houtin envisions a fantastical botanical specimen rising like an ornate tower of intertwined foliage and blossoms. Each element—stem, leaf, and tendril—is r...
Etching
Molvout, by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
In Molvout, François Houtin merges organic vitality with the crumbling geometry of architecture. The composition presents a fantastical form that seems part tree, part tower, entwine...
Etching
Maison Romaine, by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist, edition of 30. This Imaginary building shows the move toward more elaborate landscape images Houtin started doing in the early 1980's. Fr...
Etching
Labyrinth 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 that Houtin completed. . François Houtin was born in Craon en Maye...
Etching
Arbre sans titre, an imaginary topiary by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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...
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
$240Sale Price|20% 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
Portrait No. 1, by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
In Portrait #1, François Houtin transforms botanical motifs into an elaborate fantasy of form and texture. Using fine, rhythmic lines, he constructs an imaginary figure that feels pa...
Etching
L'Ouie , by Francois Houtin
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This is one print from a series of 5 that comprised the CINQ JARDINS ,CINQ SENS (five gardens, five senses), with texts and poems by Federico Garcia Lorca. The image relates to soun...
Etching
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
$416
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
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
$713Sale Price|20% Off
H 47.25 in W 48.04 in D 0.4 in
Surreal Table Scene – Sister, Bride and Cat Triptych, Floral Background 7/25
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This limited edition triptych by Natasha Lelenco, part of the acclaimed series The Dinners, presents a psychologically charged surrealist scene that intertwines erotic symbolism, fam...
Metal
$297
H 47.25 in W 15.75 in D 0.4 in
Contemporary Figurative Dibond Print "The Sister". The Dinners Series, Ed. 8/25
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This limited edition figurative print, The Sister (Edition 8 of 25), is part of Natasha Lelenco’s acclaimed The Dinners series. Blending contemporary portraiture and psychological su...
Metal
$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
$6,185
H 29.53 in W 22.05 in D 0.4 in
Salvador Dali - Plum - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Plum - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph 1969 Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75 x 56 cm Edition of 340 + proofs Editor : Jean Schneider, Basel Handsigned, EA (Epreuv...
Lithograph
$6,185
H 29.53 in W 22.05 in D 0.4 in
Salvador Dali - Don Quixote Pear - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Don Quixote Pear - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph 1969 Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75 x 56 cm Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste) Excellent Condition Reference:...
Lithograph
$892
H 47.25 in W 48.04 in D 0.4 in
Triptych Edition 4/25. Contemporary Portraits With Moldovan Carpet Floral Motifs
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This limited-edition triptych (Edition 4 of 25) forms part of The Dinners, a key series within the artist’s ongoing Moldovan Carpet project. The work reflects on how domestic rituals...
Metal
$1,617Sale Price|20% Off
H 47.25 in W 112.6 in D 0.4 in
Seven-Panel Dibond Limited Edion Print with Floral Motifs and Banquet Scene #11
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This seven-panel installation belongs to The Dinners, a key series within the artist’s long-term Moldovan Carpet project, where domestic ritual, portraiture and cultural memory conve...
Metal
$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
$1,150
H 22 in W 14 in D 0.05 in
Original "Women of America Work for Victory" vintage psoter Victory Garden
By Leonebel Jacobs
Located in Spokane, WA
Discover a piece of history with our original WW1 antique military poster: Women Of America Work For Victory. This unique piece features a great kitchen de...
Lithograph
$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
$380Sale Price|20% Off
H 12 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Starfish Etching in Ink on Paper (#8/16)
Located in Soquel, CA
Delightfully detailed starfish at the shore by unknown artist J. Brown (20th Century). A starfish sits atop a rock at the edge of the water. The scene is rendered with great detail, ...
Ink, Archival Paper, Etching
$4,575
H 28 in W 21.13 in D 1 in
Ancient Roman Statues in the Vatican: A Grouping of Three 18th C. Engravings
By Vincenzo Dolcibene
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a set of three framed 18th century engravings depicting statues found in the Vatican, including: "Pescatore" (Fisherman), "Pastore" (Shepherd) and "Istrione" (Actor), "Gia ne...
Engraving
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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