biography of Philibert Léon COUTURIER (1823-1901)

Birth place: Macon, GA, or Chalon-sur-Saône, France

Death place: Saint-Quentin, France

Addresses: Paris, France

Profession: Painter

Studied: Charles Couturier; Cabanel, Dagnan-Bouveret, in Paris.

Exhibited: NAD, 1861; Paris, 1881 (med); Paris Expo, 1889 (med)

Work: Montepellier Mus.; Procvins Mus.; Reims

Comments: In the WW04, his birthplace was given as Macon, GA. Benezit, however, describes him as a French artist and gives his birthplace as Chalon-sur-Saône, France. His career was spent in France and there is no other information linking him to the United States.

Sources: Benezit; WW04; Naylor, NAD.