Quote of the day
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.
Thomas Couture
Born: December 21, 1815
Died: March 30, 1879 (aged 63)
Bio: 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.
Known for:
- Romans in the Decadence of the Empire (1847)
- Little Bather (1849)
- Horace and Lydia (1843)
- Nymph and Cupids (1860)
- Courtesan and her mother (1857)