{"id":1190,"date":"2025-02-14T12:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T11:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/artiste\/robert-couturier\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:35:06","slug":"robert-couturier","status":"publish","type":"artiste","link":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/artist\/robert-couturier\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Couturier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-sur-titre-artiste\">Robert Couturier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-34-px-font-size\">A vocation guided by Maillol<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After studying at the \u00c9cole Estienne to become a lithographer, Robert Couturier interrupted his training before meeting Aristide Maillol in 1928, who became his mentor and encouraged him to embrace sculpture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:67%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/La-Savonette-robert-couturierjpg.jpg\" alt=\"La Savonnette: an ode to the simplicity of the nude&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/La-Savonette-robert-couturierjpg.jpg 600w, https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/La-Savonette-robert-couturierjpg-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/La-Savonette-robert-couturierjpg-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/La-Savonette-robert-couturierjpg-450x450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-sur-titre-artiste\">Robert Couturier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-34-px-font-size\">A recognized teacher<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Second World War, Couturier became a professor at the \u00c9cole des Arts D\u00e9coratifs in Paris in 1946, then at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts (1963-1975). His influence extends beyond his personal work, thanks to his role as an educator of new generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/oeuvre-monumentale\/la-savonnette-ode-a-la-simplicite-du-nu\/\">Discover the work<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-34-px-font-size\">A celebrated heritage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A founding member of the Salon de Mai and recipient of the Prix Wildenstein in 1966, Couturier leaves behind a rich artistic heritage. His works, in prestigious collections in Paris, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro, testify to his place among the great names in French sculpture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Couturier A vocation guided by Maillol After studying at the \u00c9cole Estienne to become a lithographer, Robert Couturier interrupted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":354,"template":"","discipline":[21],"class_list":["post-1190","artiste","type-artiste","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","discipline-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artiste\/1190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artiste"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artiste"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"discipline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline?post=1190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}