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Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder or Auguste Couder (1 April 1789, in London – 21 July 1873, in Paris) 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.[1] He married Cornélie Stouf, daughter of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Stouf.

Couder was buried in the cemetery of Père-Lachaise.

Famous paintings

  • Siege of Yorktown, oil on canvas
    Siege of Yorktown,
    oil on canvas
  • Muhammad Ali of Egypt, 1840
    Muhammad Ali of Egypt, 1840
  • Water, or the Fight of Achilles against Scamander and Simoeis
    Water, or the Fight of Achilles against Scamander and Simoeis

References

  1. ^ Réunion des sociétés des beaux-arts des départements...", v.xxvii. 2007-06-15. Retrieved 2014-01-01.


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