Updated October 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 34 works by Charles Cottet in our catalogue
In short
Charles Cottet's best-known piece is Box at the Opera-Comique (1887). You'll find it at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Next on the list are In the land of the sea. Pain (1908) and Self-Portrait (1883). We have 34 works by Charles Cottet in our catalogue; this guide picks out the 34 best known, with the year, the museum and the story of each piece.
The artwork titled Box at the Opera-Comique is an oil on panel painting by the French artist Charles Cottet. Created in 1887, this work captures a specific social setting within a theater. The piece is currently held in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France.
In the land of the sea. Pain is a work by the French painter Charles Cottet. Known also by the titles Les Victimes de la mer or Au pays de la mer. Douleur, the painting was created between 1908 and 1909. It remains a significant example of the artist's engagement with the somber realities of maritime life.
The Three Generations1909 · Columbus Museum of Art
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Portrait of miss J.L.B.1906 · Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
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Portrait of a Woman1900 · Art Institute of Chicago
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The Red Sails1894 · Musee des Beaux-Arts
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Low Mass1895 · National Museum of Western Art
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Fellah Women1894 · Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
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In the Port1895 · Musee des Beaux-Arts
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Old Horse in the Wasteland1898 · Ohara Museum of Art
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The Tagus Seen from Toledo1904 · Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau
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View of Pont-en-Royans1905 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Storm Time on the Sea1904 · Musee des Beaux-Arts
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Fog at Belle Isle1904 · Musée Des Beaux
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Fog1904 · Musée d'Orsay
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Low Mass (Brittany)1902 · Petit Palais
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Marine1903 · Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
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L1899 · Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
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God's Festival Day in PlougastelMusée Crozatier
28
Mourning, BrittanyCincinnati Art Museum
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Lamentation des femmes de Camaret autour de la chapelle brûlée de Roch1911 · Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
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Belle-Isle1912 · National Gallery of Canada
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AutoportraitMusée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
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Breton Village by The Coast (Camaret)Finnish National Gallery
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(277 x 65 CM) (1900)
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Les victimes de la merLe Carton Voyageur - Musée de la carte postale
The four subjects that come up most often in these pieces, each with its best-known example.
The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Charles Cottet | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper |
Quimper | 5 | Women of Plougastel at the Pardon of Sainte-Anne-la-Palud, Marine, L |
 Musée d'Orsay |
Paris | 3 | Box at the Opera-Comique, In the land of the sea. Pain, Fog |
 Petit Palais |
Paris | 3 | Self-portrait, Ouessant People Mourning a Dead Child, Low Mass (Brittany) |
 Musee des Beaux-Arts |
Reims | 3 | The Red Sails, In the Port, Storm Time on the Sea |
 Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) |
Ghent | 2 | Mourning in Ouessant, Portrait of miss J.L.B. |
 Harvard Art Museums |
Cambridge | 1 | Self-Portrait |
 Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe |
Carlsruhe | 1 | Mourning |
 Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp |
Antwerp | 1 | Breton Women in Mourning |
Pick a decade to see its standout piece.
The artwork titled Box at the Opera-Comique is an oil on panel painting by the French artist Charles Cottet. Created in 1887, this work captures a specific social setting within a theater. The piece is currently held in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France.
In the land of the sea. Pain is a work by the French painter Charles Cottet. Known also by the titles Les Victimes de la mer or Au pays de la mer. Douleur, the painting was created between 1908 and 1909. It remains a significant example of the artist's engagement with the somber realities of maritime life.
In the hauntingly beautiful masterpiece Lamentation des femmes de Camaret autour de la chapelle brûlée de Roch, created in 1911, Charles Cottet invites the viewer into a moment of profound communal grief. The canvas captures the devastating aftermath of a fire that consumed the chapel of Roch, leaving behind only a skeletal clock tower and charred ruins to pierce the sky. This is not merely a depiction of architectural destruction,…
Top of the list is Box at the Opera-Comique (1887), Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Right behind it: In the land of the sea. Pain (1908) and Self-Portrait (1883).
24 years old. Charles Cottet was born in 1863, and Box at the Opera-Comique dates from 1887.
Box at the Opera-Comique, In the land of the sea. Pain, Self-Portrait, Mourning, Self-portrait, The Corpus Christi Procession in Landudec, Women of Plougastel at the Pardon of Sainte-Anne-la-Palud, Mourning in Ouessant, Breton Women in Mourning and Ouessant People Mourning a Dead Child. You'll find the year and the museum of each in the list above.
We have 34 works by Charles Cottet in our catalogue, dated 1883 to 1912.
You'll find most of them in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper (Quimper), Musée d'Orsay (Paris) and Petit Palais (Paris). The museum list above has the full breakdown.
In 1900s, more than any other time: 15 of the 34 pieces on this page date from then, In the land of the sea. Pain among them.
The earliest piece here is Self-Portrait (1883); the most recent is Belle-Isle (1912).
Oil On Canvas, used in 3 of the 34 pieces on this page.
Post-impressionism, as you can see in the pieces on this page.
You can see 5 of the pieces on this page at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, Quimper, including Women of Plougastel at the Pardon of Sainte-Anne-la-Palud, Marine and L.
Yes. Every painting on this page is available as a hand-painted oil reproduction or a print, in the size that suits you. Just open the painting's page to order.
