biography
pronunciation:
[kootür]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1815–79)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Senlis, NC France. He studied under Delaroche and became a historical and portrait painter. His most famous work is Les Romans de la Decadence, which he exhibited at the Salon of 1847. He is best-remembered today as the teacher who encouraged Manet to paint ‘en plein air’. |
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