Auguste Couder

Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder
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	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.[1] He married Cornélie Stouf, daughter of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Stouf.

Couder was buried in the cemetery of Père-Lachaise.

Famous paintings

• 
  Siege of Yorktown,
  oil on canvas
• 
  Muhammad Ali of Egypt, 1840
• 
  Water, or the Fight of Achilles against Scamander and Simoeis

References

1. Réunion des sociétés des beaux-arts des départements...", v.xxvii. 2007-06-15. Retrieved 2014-01-01.