Pierre Auguste Cot Fine Art Print : Springtime
Pierre Auguste Cot Fine Art Print : Springtime
Cot was born in Bédarieux, Hérault, and initially studied at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse before going to Paris. He studied under Leon Cogniet, Alexandre Cabanel and William-Adolphe Bouguereau. In 1863 he made a successful debut at the Salon, and from the 1870s, his popularity grew quickly.
Cot enjoyed the patronage of the academic sculptor Francisque Duret, whose daughter he married, and of Bouguereau, with whom he had also worked. Bouguereau painted a portrait of Cot’s daughter, Gabrielle. Bouguereau had dined with the Cot family to celebrate Gabrielle’s marriage to an architect named Zilin. The artist made a gift of the painting to the wife of Duret, Gabrielle’s grandmother.
Cot won various prizes and medals, and in 1874 was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
Canvas panel sizes:
8×12 inches
16×24 inches
20×30 inches
All prints are made using archival art stocks and UV pigment inks to give up to 200 years life. Prints are sold unframed and unmounted.
