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A Volunteer of 1792 by Thomas Couture

A Volunteer of 1792

Thomas Couture · 1848

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Artist
Thomas Couture
Date
1848
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
ART MOVEMENTS
Academic art
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THE ARTIST

Thomas Couture

Thomas Couture, a French history painter, challenged academic norms and taught future masters like Édouard Manet, despite famously failing the Prix de Rome six times.

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