Monograph on Marc Couturier by Anne Dagbert Published

A monograph on Marc Couturier, authored by Anne Dagbert with a text by Jean-Michel Phéline, has been released less than a year after his exhibition at the Monastère royal de Brou and concurrent with another show at Château de Jau (April 21 to June 20). Dagbert traces the artist's career through major periods and series, not strictly chronologically but revealing progression and internal coherence. Phéline's text addresses a 1992 public commission by Couturier for Notre-Dame de Paris, where he balanced historical continuity and innovation. The book is divided into two parts: the first purely iconographic, the second analytical—a structure mirroring the clarity and spareness of Couturier's work. Dagbert emphasizes the artist's own words on his practice, drawn from personal and spiritual journeys, including a poignant series based on aucuba leaves begun after his young niece's death. The monograph captures what Father Ladey called Couturier's "allusive and modest magic."