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Jack Coutu
Born
Raymond John Coutu
(1924-09-13 ) 13 September 1924Died 17 May 2017(2017-05-17) (aged 92 )
Farnham, Surrey, England, UK
Nationality British Education
Royal College of Art
Known for Printmaking, sculpture, etching, engraving, carving, netsuke, watercolours
Raymond John "Jack" Coutu ARE ARCA (13 September 1924 – 17 May 2017) was an English printmaker, sculptor, etcher, engraver, carver, watercolourist and teacher.[1] Oriental art.[2] [3]
Jack Coutu was born Raymond John Coutu at Farnham , Surrey , England , and was educated at Farnham Grammar School .[4] [3] Abbott of Farnham , a coachbuilding company in Farnham, where his father Bert Coutu was also employed painting coats of arms and heraldic shields. In 1942, at the age of 18 during World War II , he joined the Royal Corps of Signals , where after training he served in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka ), India , and Singapore . At the end of WWII, he was in Kure , Japan , in the Hiroshima Prefecture .
From 1947 to 1951, Coutu studied at the Farnham School of Art , followed by the Royal College of Art in London from 1951 to 1954 and the Central School of Art from 1951 to 1955.[5] [6]
Coutu taught printmaking at the Central School of Art from 1957 to 1965 and then at the West Surrey College of Art and Design in Farnham from 1965 to 1985. In 1968, he started to carve netsuke (as practised in Japan ) and he joined the Netsuke Kenkyukai Society, based in the United States.[7] Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers and the Printmakers Council .
Jack Coutu has exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, netsuke conventions, jointly with Michael Rothenstein at the Alecto Gallery in 1965, and at the Graphic Arts Gallery in 1968. His work is in the permanent collections of the Arts Council of Great Britain , Cartwright Hall art gallery in Bradford , King Gustave of Sweden , the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts , and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.[8]
Coutu never married and lived with his sister, Peggy, who died ten days after him. They are both buried next to their parents in Farnham.[3]
References [ edit ]
^ Dolman, Bernard (2006). Who's who in Art, Volume 32 . Art Trade Press. p. 211. ISBN 0904722422
^ "Jack Coutu" . www.londonartsgroup.com . London Arts Group. Retrieved 5 March 2011 .
^ a b c "Obituary: Jack Coutu" . The Times . Retrieved 26 September 2018 .
^ "Jack Coutu" . www.barrykeenegallery.co.uk . Henley-on-Thames, UK: Barry Keene Gallery. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011 .
^ "Who is Jack Coutu?" . UK: University for the Creative Arts . 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014 .
^ "Jack Coutu (b. 1924)" . Modern British Art . UK: Katharine House Gallery. Retrieved 26 September 2018 .
^ "Jack Coutu" . www.limitedadditionart.com . Limited Addition Art. Retrieved 26 September 2018 .
^ "Jack Coutu" . www.emmamason.co.uk . UK: Emma Mason British Prints. Retrieved 16 February 2014 .
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