biography of Bernard COUTANT (1920-2008)
Personal data
Birth : 09/29/1920 - Saint-Jean-de-Liversay, France
Death : 7/2008 - Saintes, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France
Representatives
Benetto Eric – 46 rue Saint Georges – Lyon, France
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Mixed media 
Drawing-Watercolor : Artistic periods
Primitive Art: masks and patterns inspired by African and Oceanic Arts.Streams, fluid hubs, inspired by the atmospheric pressure map published in local newspapers.
Flower patterns inspired by the art of Séraphine DE SENLIS.
Movements and styles
Art BrutSolo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2001
Donation du Père Coutant
Création Franche – Bègles, France
07/07/2001 – 09/16/2001
1995
Expressions
Cloître des Dames Blanches – La Rochelle, France
1995
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Group exhibitions
2001
Aux Frontières de l’Art Brut II
Halle Saint Pierre – Paris, France
09/10/2001 – 01/06/2002
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2000
Entretiens avec l’Abbé Coutant
Publisher: Etre & Connaître Editions – La Rochelle, France
Author: Wellens Serge
03/2000
1979
Le laisser-aller des éliminés, lettres à l’abbé Coutant
Publisher: Editions Plein Chant
1979
Gaston CHAISSAC [ 1910-1964 ]
Exhibition catalogues
2001
Aux Frontières de l’Art Brut II
Publisher: Halle Saint Pierre – 2 rue Ronsard – Paris, France
Author: Danchin Laurent – Paris, France
2001
Periodicals
2002
BENETTO Eric – L’abbé primitif
in: Artension n° 7 p. 62
Caluire-et-Cuire, France
09/2002-10/2002
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