Marie Duhem, born Marie Amélie Hortense Sergeant
(18 March 1871 in
Guemps
Guemps (; vls, Ganep, lang) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
A farming village situated 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Calais, at the D229 and D32 crossroads.
Population
Pla ...
– 9 July 1918 in
Douai) was a French painter.
Biography
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
Adrien Louis Demont (25 October 1851, Douai - 25 October 1928, Wissant) was a French landscape painter; associated with the artists' colony at Wissant.
Biography
At first, he studied law, but decided to devote himself to painting. His first ...
, husband of the painter
Virginie Demont-Breton
Virginie Élodie Marie Thérèse Demont-Breton (26 July 1859, Courrières – 10 January 1935, Paris) was a French painter.
Biography
Her father Jules Breton and her uncle Émile Breton were both well-known painters. Through her father she ...
. 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.
[Adrien Demont, ''Souvenances'', éditions de la Nouvelle Société Anonyme du Pas-de-Calais, 1927.] 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
Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the ...
and the
Côte d'Opale. Some of the better-known members of this group include
Georges Maroniez
Georges Philibert Charles Maroniez (17 January 1865, Douai – 11 December 1933, Paris) was a French painter, specializing in landscapes with figures.
Biography
Education and first works
Maroniez was the son of an industrialist who owned a su ...
,
Francis Tattegrain and
Fernand Stiévenart
Fernand Joseph Jules Stiévenart (21 May 1862 in Douai – 22 January 1922 in Uccle) was a French landscape painter; associated with the artists' colony at Wissant.
Biography
After completing his primary education in Douai, he began his artis ...
.
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.
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@ the Base Léonore
In 1915 their only son, Rémy, was killed in the assault on
Les Éparges
Les Éparges () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
A ridge to the east of the village was the site of a fierce battle during World War I, and there are many memorials and monuments in the area.
See also
...
. She never fully recovered from this loss, neglected her health, and died of a tumor at the age of forty-seven.
[Henri Duhem, ''La Mort du foyer'', éditions Figuière, 1922.]
References
Further reading
*
Camille Mauclair
Séverin Faust (December 29, 1872, Paris – April 23, 1945), better known by his pseudonym Camille Mauclair, was a French poet, novelist, biographer, travel writer, and art critic. Background
Mauclair was a great admirer of Stéphane Mallarmé ...
, ''Marie Duhem, Rémy Duhem'', éditions Jacomet, 1924.
* Jacqueline Chœur, three articles : "La Maison Duhem", in the revue ''Les Amis de Douai'',1986, pp 57–61; "Rencontre avec les Duhem", in the ''Mémoires de la Société d'Agriculture, Sciences et Arts de Douai'', 1992–1995, Fifth series, pp 71–79, "Les correspondants des Duhem", same, pp 81–86
* Sylvie Carlier, "Le couple Henri et Marie Duhem à Douai au 10 rue d'Arras", in the revue ''Les Amis de Douai'', 2001, pp 22–24.
* Jean-Marie Ball, Annette Bourrut Lacouture and Philippe Gallois, ''L'École de Wissant et ses peintres'', published by the Association Art et Histoire de Wissant, 2012.
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1871 births
1918 deaths
French women painters
20th-century French painters
20th-century French women artists