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Cécile Douard

Cécile Douard

Belgian artist

Cécile Douard (1866-1941) was a Belgian artist.[1]

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Biography

Douard was born Cécile Leseine[2] on 29 December 1866 in Rouen, France. She studied under Antoine Bourlard [fr].[3] Douard often painted the people and landscape of the coalmining town Borinage.[4]

At the age of 33 Douard lost her sight.[5] 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.[4] In 1926 she became he president of the Ligue Braille (Braille League). She served in that position until 1937.[6]

Douard died on 14 January 1941[3] in Brussels, Belgium.[7]

  • Digger in Wheelbarrow, 1896
  • Boraine
  • Intérieur dartiste

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    "Cécile Douard". Ligue Braille (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
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    "Mons: artiste opiniâtre, Cécile Douard a bravé les obstacles pour réussir". RTBF Info (in French). 26 November 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
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    "Cecile Douard". Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Artiste. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
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