Cécile Douard
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Born
29 December 1866
Cécile Leseine
29 December 1866
Rouen, France
Died14 January 1941 (aged 74)
Brussels, Belgium
KnownforPainting, Sculpture
Cécile Douard | |
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| Born | Cécile Leseine 29 December 1866 Rouen, France |
| Died | 14 January 1941 (aged 74) Brussels, Belgium |
| Known for | Painting, Sculpture |
Douard was born Cécile Leseine[2] on 29 December 1866 in Rouen, France. She studied under Antoine Bourlard.[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]
