Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted January 29, 2015 Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) "Chaque fête a son lendemain" Thomas Couture (21 December 1815 – 30 March 1879) was an influential French history painter and teacher. Couture taught such later luminaries of the art world as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge,[1]Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Karel Javůrek, and J-N Sylvestre. http://www.ngcmagazine.ca/features/masterpiece-in-focus-thomas-couture-in-the-studio Couture's most famous painting is his "Decadence of the Romans". I first saw Chaque Fete in 1969 at the Vancouver Art Gallery and it was the first really well made oil painting I'd ever seen. It's amazing really..and it's got a curious history because it's Coutures second greatest work and it just disappeared off the map when it was purchased and brought to Vancouver BC in the early 1900's. Now it's been rediscovered and it's getting the credit it deserves. I'm happy, because before this it was impossible to find on any image search of Couture's work. I just got that digital copy from the curator of the Vancouver Art Gallery yesterday. I played with its light values in Photoshop to bring it closer to what it really looks like in person with good lighting. The skin textures in particular are very beautifully and expertly done with subtle veils of oil paint.. Edited January 29, 2015 by L'Ancien Regime 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Tony Nemo Posted January 29, 2015 Contributor Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 I wonder if anyone will come up with a material matching the woman's skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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