with Antoine-Jean Gros (1830-38) and Paul Delaroche (1838-39) at Ecole des Beaux-Arts (Paris)
1837 – Prix de Rome runner up; competes six times between 1834 and 1839 without winning
1840 – exhibits Young Venetians after an Orgy (1840, private collection) and Prodigal Son (1841, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre) at Paris Salon with positive critical reception
1847 – exhibits Romans of the Decadence at Salon; painting purchased by French government; Couture opens his studio as an alternative to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts
1859 – settles in Senlis
1867 – publishes Studio Methods and Maintenance (Méthodes et entretiens d’atelier)
Self-Portrait, 1848 (Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY)
A Realist, 1865 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
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Boime, Albert. Thomas Couture and the Eclectic Vision. New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 1980
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