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THOMAS COUTURE (1815-1879)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 337 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS See also:COUTURE (1815-1879)  , See also:French painter, was' See also:born at Senlis (See also:Oise), and studied under See also:Baron A . J . See also:Gros and See also:Paul See also:Delaroche, winning a Prix de See also:Rome in 1837 . He began exhibiting See also:historical and genre pictures at the See also:Salon in 184o, and obtained several medals . His masterpiece was his "See also:Romans in the Decadence of the See also:Empire" (1847), now in the Luxembourg; and his "Love of See also:Money" (1844; at See also:Toulouse), "See also:Falconer" (1855), and "See also:Damocles" (1872), are also See also:good examples .

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