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Portrait of Mrs. Poullain-Dumesnil by Thomas Couture

Portrait of Mrs. Poullain-Dumesnil

Thomas Couture · 1842

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Artist
Thomas Couture
Date
1842
Location
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
ART MOVEMENTS
Academic art
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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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