Died 1879-03-29.
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Thomas Couture
Thomas Couture 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.
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Born 21 December 1815 · Died 29 March 1879 · Q326434
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1879· 2 entries
Died at Villiers-le-Bel, Val-d'Oise, and was interred in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
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1867· 1 entry
Thumbed his nose at the academic establishment by publishing a book on his own ideas and working methods called Méthode et entretiens d'atelier (Method and Workshop Interviews)
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1860· 1 entry
Left Paris, for a time returning to his hometown of Senlis, where he continued to teach young artists who came to him
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1848· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1848).
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1840· 1 entry
Began exhibiting historical and genre pictures at the Paris Salon, earning several medals for his works, in particular for his masterpiece, Romans During the Decadence (1847)
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1837· 1 entry
Awarded Second Great Prize of Rome (1837).
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1815· 1 entry
Born 1815-12-21.
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