Thomas Couture was a French history painter and teacher. He taught such later luminaries of the art world as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Karel Javůrek, and J-N Sylvestre.
Early life and education
Couture was born at Senlis, Oise, France. When he was 11 his family moved to Paris, where he would stu...
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