Thomas Couture

Thomas Couture
Thomas Couture, self-portrait
Born(1815-12-21)21 December 1815
Senlis, Oise, France
Died30 March 1879(1879-03-30) (aged 63)
Villiers-le-Bel, Val-d'Oise, France
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France
EducationÉcole des Arts et Métiers
Known forPainting, author
Notable workRomans in the Decadence of the Empire

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.