Couture, Thomas

1815–1879

Nationality: France

Born: 1815, Senlis

Died: 1879, Villiers-le-Bel

Gender: male

Movements

academic art

Occupations

painter

teacher

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Biography

Often remembered for "The Romans of the Decadence," the sensation of the 1847 Salon that is now often cited as a classic example of bombastic academic painting. His informal works are more lively and he encouraged his students to directly study from landscape. Comment on works: mythology, history

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