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Pierre Auguste Cot
A bust of Cot at Pierre Auguste Cot Memorial, Bédarieux
Born	Pierre Auguste Cot (1837-02-17)17 February 1837 Bédarieux, Hérault, France
Died	2 August 1883(1883-08-02) (aged 46) Paris, France
Resting place	Père Lachaise Cemetery
Nationality	French
Known for	Painting
Notable work	Springtime (1873) The Storm (1880)
Movement	Academic Classicism
Awards	Chevalier of the Legion of Honour

Pierre Auguste Cot ([pjɛʁ o.ɡyst kɔt];^[1] 17 February 1837 – 2 August 1883) was a French painter of the Academic Classicism school.

^ Rubin, James Henry (1979). "Pierre-Auguste Cot's "The Storm"". Metropolitan Museum Journal. 14: 191–200. doi:10.2307/1512746. JSTOR 1512746. S2CID 193079291.