François Houtin Art
French, b. 1950
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.
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Artist: François Houtin
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...
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1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
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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...
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1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
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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...
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1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
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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
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1980s Modern François Houtin Art
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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...
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1980s Contemporary François Houtin Art
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Clown
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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...
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1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
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Poeme, by Francois Houtint
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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...
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1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
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$120 Sale Price
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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...
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1980s Contemporary François Houtin Art
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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...
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1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
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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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary François Houtin Art
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$200 Sale Price
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Arbre sans titre, 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...
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1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
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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...
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1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
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Topiaire Habite
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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...
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1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
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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...
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1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
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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...
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1970s Contemporary François Houtin Art
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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.
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