page_title: Charles Cottet
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Cottet
caption_attribution_description: "Rayons du soir", Oil on Canvas, 21.5 x 32 in. / 54.6 x 81.3 cm.
context_page_description: Charles Cottet, French painter, was born at Le Puy-en-Velay and died in Paris. A famed post-impressionist, Cottet is known for his dark, evocative painting of rural Brittany and seascapes. He led a school of painters known as the Bande noire or 'Nubians' group, and was friends with such artists as Auguste Rodin.
context_section_description: Charles Cottet (1863–1925), French painter, was born at Le Puy-en-Velay and died in Paris. A famed post-impressionist, Cottet is known for his dark, evocative painting of rural Brittany and seascapes.  He led a school of painters known as the Bande noire or 'Nubians' group (for the sombre palette they used, in contrast to the brighter Impressionist and Postimpressionist paintings), and was friends with such artists as Auguste Rodin.
caption: 1892 Rayons du soir
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