Thomas Couture

Thomas Couture (21 December 1815 – 30 March 1879) 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,[1] 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...