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Thomas Couture - Romans during the Decadence

Romans during the Decadence (1847)

Thomas Couture (French, 1815-1879)
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Thomas Couture

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.

Couture was born at Senlis, Oise, France. When he was 11 his family moved to Paris, where he would study at the industrial arts school (École des Arts et Métiers) and later at the École des Beaux-Arts.

He failed the prestigious Prix de Rome competition at the École six times, but he felt the problem was with the École, not himself. Couture finally did win the prize in 1837.

In 1840 he 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). Shortly after this success, Couture opened an independent atelier meant to challenge the École des Beaux-Arts by turning out the best new history painters.

Couture's innovative technique gained much attention, and he received Government and Church commissions for murals during the late 1840s through the 1850s. He never completed the first two commissions, and the third met with mixed criticism. Upset by the unfavorable reception of his murals, in 1860 he left Paris, for a time returning to his hometown of Senlis, where he continued to teach young artists who came to him. In 1867 he 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). It was also translated to Conversations on Art Methods in 1879, the year he died.

In 1879 he died at Villiers-le-Bel, Val-d'Oise, and was interred in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.

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Portrait Study of the Painter Anselm Feuerbach

Portrait Study of the Painter Anselm Feuerbach (Ca. 1853)

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Harlequin and Pierrot

Harlequin and Pierrot (c. 1857)

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Anatole Dauvergne

Anatole Dauvergne

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Portrait of Ferdinand Barbedienne

Portrait of Ferdinand Barbedienne

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Soap Bubbles

Soap Bubbles (ca. 1859)

Thomas Couture (French, 1815-1879)
Damoclès assis

Damoclès assis

Thomas Couture (French, 1815-1879)
The Duel after the Masked Ball

The Duel after the Masked Ball (1857)

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The Supper after the Masked Ball

The Supper after the Masked Ball (1850–1860)

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A Zouave

A Zouave (1856–62)

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Pifferaro

Pifferaro (1877)

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Study for ‘The Enrollment of the Volunteers of 1792’

Study for ‘The Enrollment of the Volunteers of 1792’ (1848)

Thomas Couture (French, 1815-1879)
Pierrot in Criminal Court

Pierrot in Criminal Court (c. 1864-1870)

Thomas Couture (French, 1815-1879)
Washerwomen

Washerwomen

Thomas Couture (French, 1815-1879)
Duel after the Masked Ball (recto)

Duel after the Masked Ball (recto) (c. 1857)

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