Amable-Paul Coutan
Amable-Paul Coutan (1792–1837) was a French historical painter. Life Coutan was born in Paris in 1792. He studied under Gros, and obtaining the Academy pension was thus enabled later on to improve himself at Rome. Returning to his native country he produced works, representing chiefly classical and mythological subjects, which realized considerable prices. He took a part also in the labour of decorating with religious subjects the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. He died in Paris in 1837. References Sources 1792 births 1837 deaths 19th-century French painters French male painters Painters from Paris Pupils of Antoine-Jean Gros 19th-century French male artists