Thomas Couture — French Artist born on December 21, 1815, died on March 30, 1879
Thomas Couture was an influential French history painter and teacher. He taught such later luminaries of the art world as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge,Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Karel Javůrek, and J-N Sylvestre... (wikipedia)