Auguste Couder
Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder, or Auguste Couder (1 April 178921 July 1873), was a French painter and student of Jean-Baptiste Regnault and Jacques-Louis David. He joined the Académie des beaux-arts in 1839 and was an officer of the Légion d'honneur. He married Cornélie Stouf, daughter of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Stouf.
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- Name
- Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder
- Born
- 1 April 1789
- Birthplace
- London, England
- Died
- 21 July 1873
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Field
- Painting
- Spouse
- Cornelia Stouf
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · designer · watercolorist · draftsperson
- Fields
- portrait
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Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder, or Auguste Couder (1 April 178921 July 1873), was a French painter and student of Jean-Baptiste Regnault and Jacques-Louis David. He joined the Académie des beaux-arts in 1839 and was an officer of the Légion d'honneur. He married Cornélie Stouf, daughter of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Stouf.
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Couder was buried in the cemetery of Père-Lachaise.

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Auguste Couder

Auguste Couder, "The Death of Masaccio", 1817 (Museum of Grenoble)
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Key facts
• Name — Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder • Born — 1 April 1789 • Birthplace — London, England • Died — 21 July 1873 • Place of death — Paris, France • Field — Painting • Spouse — Cornelia Stouf
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1790
Auguste Couder was born in 1790.
1873
Auguste Couder died at Paris.
Famous paintings
• Illustration — Siege of Yorktown, oil on canvas, 1836 • Illustration — Muhammad Ali of Egypt, 1840 • Illustration — The Tennis Court Oath, 1848 • Illustration — Water, or the Fight of Achilles against Scamander and Simoeis, 1819 • Illustration — The Death of Masaccio, 1817
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.acte , état civil, Paris, 1865, .
- 2.Annuaire polytechnique, 1832, sur google books.
- 3.Acte de décès. archives.paris.fr. 27.
- 4.La Nymphe de Fontainebleau sur flickr.
- 5.Base Joconde 09940005988 La Mort de Masaccio .
- 6.Notice consultable. Alienor.org.
- 7.Acquisitions récentes d'Orléans : peintures et dessin du XIXe siècle. La Tribune de l'Art. 2018-12-19.
- 8.saintgermainauxerrois.fr.
- 9.Notice du tableau sur Cult.fr.
- 10.domaine-vizille.fr.
- 11.La Mort de Masaccio, notice du musée de l'Ermitage.
- 12.En ligne sur archive.org.
- 13.De la beauté, notice sur data BnF.
- 14.Dictionnaire Bénézit.
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- Dictionnaire Bénézit.
- Laurent Salomé. Tanneguy du Châtel sauvant le Dauphin. Banque nationale de Paris. 1996. 2-909838-21-8.
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Formation and teaching. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Couder received Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Legion of Honour. Recorded as painter, designer, watercolorist and draftsperson.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Groeningemuseum, Maison de Victor Hugo and Musée de l'Histoire de France
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