Marie Duhem

Training under Adrien Demont is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Marie Duhem is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes, Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai and Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms.

Her parents operated a lace factory, so she became familiar with the work of designers and models from an early age. She began her art studies with Adrien Demont, husband of the painter Virginie Demont-Breton. It was at their workshop in Wissant that she met her future husband, the painter Henri Duhem, eleven years her senior. They married in 1890. After establishing their home in Camiers, they gathered their artist friends and acquaintances together to form what became known as the "École de Wissant", and would paint in the surrounding areas of Boulogne and the Côte d'Opale. Some of the better-known members of this group include Georges Maroniez, Francis Tattegrain and Fernand Stiévenart. In addition to painting, the Duhems were avid art collectors, especially interested in Post-Impressionism. Their collection included significant paintings by Claude Monet and Paul Gauguin. In 1985 Nelly Sergeant-Duhem, their adopted daughter, donated the collection to the Académie des Beaux-Arts. It is currently preserved at the Musée Marmottan. She was named an Officer in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques and, in 1912, a Chevalier in the Légion d'honneur. In 1915 their only son, Rémy, was killed in the assault on Les Éparges. She never fully recovered from this loss, neglected her health, and died of a tumor at the age of forty-seven.

Marie Duhem was recorded at birth as Marie Amélie Hortense Sergeant. The authorities additionally record the headings Marie Genevieve Duhem and Marie Amélie Hortense Sergeant. Her recorded language was French. She married Henri Duhem. 2 children are recorded: Rémy Duhem and Nelly Sergeant-Duhem.

Marie Duhem is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms.