caption movement death_date death_place birth_name birth_place imagesize nationality field birth_date works image article_title name
Émile-rené 1896 -rrb- ménard 's '' portrait de cottet '' -lrb- post-impressionism 1925 paris charles cottet le puy-en-velay 250px french painting 1863 '' , 1908 -- 09 '' petit village au pied de au la falaise '' , 1905 ; '' montagne '' , pays 1900 -- 10 de la mer . douleur '' menard charles cottet.jpg charles cottet
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charles cottet

charles cottet -lrb- 1863 -- 1925 -rrb- , 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 -lrb- for the somber palette they used , in contrast to the brighter post-impressionist paintings -rrb- , and was friends with such artists as auguste rodin .
