Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder or Auguste Couder (1 April 1789, in

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– 21 July 1873, in Paris) was a French painter and student of

Jean-Baptiste Regnault Jean-Baptiste Regnault (9 October 1754 – 12 November 1829) was a French painter. Biography Regnault was born in Paris, and began life at sea in a merchant vessel. At the age of fifteen his talent attracted attention, and he was sent to I ...

and

Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David (; 30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in ...

. He joined the

Académie des beaux-arts An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

in 1839 and was an officer of the

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

. He married Cornélie Stouf, daughter of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Stouf. Couder was buried in the cemetery of Père-Lachaise.

Famous paintings

Bataille de Yorktown by Auguste Couder.jpg, ''Siege of Yorktown'',
oil on canvas File:ModernEgypt, Muhammad Ali by Auguste Couder, BAP 17996.jpg,

Muhammad Ali of Egypt Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha, also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan ( sq, Mehmet Ali Pasha, ar, محمد علي باشا, ; ota, محمد علی پاشا المسعود بن آغا; ; 4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849), was ...

, 1840 Achilles Xanthos Simoeis Couder decoration Louvre INV3379.jpg, ''Water, or the Fight of Achilles against Scamander and Simoeis''

References

1790 births 1873 deaths 19th-century French painters French male painters Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Painters from Paris 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-18thC-stub