Charles Cottet
Charles Cottet (born July 12, 1863 in Le Puy-en-Velay , † September 20, 1925 in Paris ) was a French post-impressionist painter .
Charles Cottet was a son of Jacques Joseph Henri Cottet, a civil judge at Le Puy-en-Velay, and Mary Daruty.
From 1880 he studied at the École des beaux-arts de Paris and in the studios of Puvis de Chavannes and Alfred Philippe Roll . Cottet also studied at the Académie Julian with Gustave Boulanger and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre .
He joined the artist group “ Les Nabis ” and also founded the group “Bande noire” of painters who, in contrast to the Impressionists, painted in darker colors. The "Bande noire" also included Lucien Simon , Émile-René Ménard, René-Xavier Prinet, André Dauchez, Walter Gay and Gaston La Touche.
In 1884 he visited Holland . Cottet visited Brittany for the first time in 1886 and came back several times. He also went on study trips to Algeria (1892), Egypt (1894-1896), Spain (1904) and Central Africa (1910).
From 1896 he showed his works in the Munich Glass Palace . He received a gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 . In 1912 he was awarded the Order of Officer of the Legion of Honor.
literature
- Otto Grautoff : Cottet, Charles . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 7 : Cioffi – Cousyns . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 562-563 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Emmanuel Bénézit (founder): Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs . 4th edition, Gründ, Paris 1999, volume 3, p. 210.
Web links
- Charles Cottet. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cottet, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cottet, Charles-Jacques-Marie-Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French post-impressionist painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Puy-en-Velay |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 20, 1925 |
| Place of death | Paris |