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Auguste Couder

Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder
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Born (1789-04-01)1 April 1789
London, England
Died 21 July 1873(1873-07-21) (aged 84)
Paris, France
Nationality French
Known for Painting
Spouse(s) Cornelia Stouf

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. He married Cornélie Stouf, daughter of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Stouf.

Couder was buried in the cemetery of Père-Lachaise.

Siege of Yorktown,
oil on canvas

Muhammad Ali of Egypt

Water, or the Fight of Achilles against Scamander and Simoeis



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