11 Facts About Marie-Alain Couturier

Marie-Alain Couturier was noted for his modern inspiration in the field of Sacred art.

Marie-Alain Couturier was born Pierre-Charles-Marie Couturier in Montbrison, Loire, France, on 15 November 1897.

Father Couturier was one of four children born into a relatively wealthy family there.

Marie-Alain Couturier was their second son, and his early years were spent in Montbrison.

Marie-Alain Couturier attended the Victor de Laprade Institute, and studied philosophy in a Marist school in Saint-Chamond.

Marie-Alain Couturier graduated in October 1914, having majored in Literature, Latin, and Greek.

Marie-Alain Couturier's class was called up for military service in 1915, but he did not leave for the front until 1916 on account of his asthmatic condition.

Marie-Alain Couturier was accepted by the Dominican friars and entered their novitiate in Amiens on 22 September 1925, at which time he took the name under which he is known.

Marie-Alain Couturier spent World War II overseas in the United States and Canada.

Marie-Alain Couturier died of Myastenia gravis on 9 February 1954, aged 56, mourned by many of the great 20th-century artists.

Father Marie-Alain Couturier, who had received a thorough and practical training as an artisan glazier at the Ateliers, was then considering to bring "living" art into the scope of modern church building.