Cécile Douard
Cécile Douard (1866-1941) was a Belgian artist.
Also recorded as Cécile Leseine · Cecile Douard
Cécile Douard
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- Name
- Cécile Douard
- Birth Name
- Cécile Leseine
- Born
- 29 December 1866
- Birthplace
- Rouen, France
- Died
- 14 January 1941
- Place of death
- Brussels, Belgium
- Field
- Painting, Sculpture Cécile Douard (1866-1941) was a Belgian artist.
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker · sculptor · graphic artist · musician
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• Name — Cécile Douard • Birth Name — Cécile Leseine • Born — 29 December 1866 • Birthplace — Rouen, France • Died — 14 January 1941 • Place of death — Brussels, Belgium • Field — Painting, Sculpture Cécile Douard (1866-1941) was a Belgian artist.
Biography
Biography
Douard was born Cécile Leseine on 29 December 1866 in Rouen, France. She studied under Antoine Bourlard. Douard often painted the people and landscape of the coalmining town Borinage. At the age of 33 Douard lost her sight. No longer able to paint, she became a sculptor. She also played the piano and violin. She wrote two books; "Impressions of a Second Life" in 1923, and "Paysages indistincts" in 1929. In 1926 she became he president of the Ligue Braille (Braille League). She served in that position until 1937. Douard died on 14 January 1941 in Brussels, Belgium.
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• Illustration — Digger in Wheelbarrow, 1896 • Illustration — Boraine • Illustration — Intérieur dartiste
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Cécile Douard is recorded as painter, printmaker, sculptor, graphic artist and musician.
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1866
Cécile Douard born at Rouen.
1941
Cécile Douard died at Brussels metropolitan area.
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- 1.Cecile Douard. AskArt.
- 2.Douard, Cécile. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00053235.
- 3.Cécile Douard. RKD.
- 4.Douard, Cécile. Dictionnaire des Peintres belges.
- 5.Cécile Douard. Ligue Braille.
- 6.Mons: artiste opiniâtre, Cécile Douard a bravé les obstacles pour réussir. RTBF Info. 26 November 2014.
- 7.Cecile Douard. Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Artiste.
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q17625500: Cécile DouardWikimedia Foundation
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