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Artists who influenced Thomas Couture
A pupil of Gros and Delaroche, he later turned against the academic system after trying unsuccessfully at least six times to win the Prix de Rome for history painting. His Romans of the Decadence (1847; Paris, Musée d'Orsay), combining monumental scale and impasted technique with a moralizing theme, created a sensation at the 1847 Paris Salon. He received several major commissions, but complet ... more (Google)Artists who were influenced by Thomas Couture

Eugène Delacroix

Romans of Decadence
(Musée d'Orsay)

Widow
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Édouard Manet

Antoine-Jean Gros

Paul Barroilhet
(Fogg Museum)

Soap Bubbles
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Mary Cassatt

Paul Delaroche

Woman in White
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Supper after Fancy Dress Ball
(Pushkin Museum)

Eugène Boudin
 
Miser
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Artist's Wife
(Wadsworth Atheneum)

William Morris Hunt