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Thomas Couture

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Also known as th.s couture, thos. couture, thos couture, Couture, t. couture, th. couture, couture thomas, couture t.

French painter (1815-1870)

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Thomas Couture (1815–1879) was a French painter and teacher associated with the academic art movement. Born in Senlis, he studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris and Arts et Métiers ParisTech. His artistic career included history painting, with notable works such as *The Romans of the Decadence*, *Damoclès*, and *Enrollment of the volunteers*. He was a student of Antoine-Jean Gros and Paul Delaroche.

Couture served as an instructor to several artists, including Édouard Manet, François-Alfred Delobbe, Henri Fantin-Latour, and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. He was unmarried to Alice Ozy and was awarded the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honour. Couture died in Villiers-le-Bel and is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1815
Died
1879
Works
12

Top works

  • Exposition des œuvres de Thomas Couture
  • Thomas Couture (1815-1879) sa vie--son œuvre--son caractère--ses idées--sa méthode
  • Damoclès, Thomas Couture
  • Enrollment of the volunteers
  • Paysage

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
FR
Active from
1956-02-26

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2
Total plays
2

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Key facts

Born
( 1815-12-21 ) 21 December 1815, Senlis, Oise , France
Died
30 March 1879 (1879-03-30) (aged 63), Villiers-le-Bel , Val-d'Oise, France
Resting place
Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France
Education
École des Arts et Métiers
Known for
Painting, author
Notable work
Romans in the Decadence of the Empire

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Works in European collections

9 objects attributed to Thomas Couture, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

The grave of Thomas Couture, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris Thomas Couture ( French pronunciation: [tɔma kutyʁ]; 21 December 1815 – 30 March 1879) was a French history painter and teacher. He taught many notable contemporary figures of the art world, such as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, John Ward Dunsmore, Karel Javůrek, William Morris Hunt, and Joseph-Noël Sylvestre.

Life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thomas Couture” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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