Henri Lucien Doucet (French pronunciation:[ɑ̃ʁilysjɛ̃dusɛ]; 23 August 1856 – 31 December 1895) was a 19th-century French figure and portrait painter and pastellist.[1]
Born in Paris, Doucet studied underLefebvre andBoulanger, and in 1880 won thePrix de Rome. In 1888, he taught atAcadémie Julian[2] His pictures are usually piquant, sparkling representations of modern life, eminently Parisian in style, but the audacious realism of his earlier work is not maintained in his later, which is somewhat characterless. His portraits inpastel are also notable.
His most widely known picture isAprès le bal (After the Ball, 1889). Other excellent examples are the portraits ofCelestine Galli-Marie as Carmen (1884, Marseille Museum),La princesse Mathilde Laetitia Wilhelmine Bonaparte andMy Parents (1890, Lyons Museum),A Spanish Woman (Pontoise Museum), andNude Figure (1890). He was awarded a first-class medal for pastel in 1889 and theLegion of Honour in 1891.
His paintingA Skating Party, of 1893, was exhibited at theChicago World Fair or theWorld's Columbian Exposition, which was held from May to October 1893 in Chicago in honour of the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the New World.Goupil made a limited edition first impression photogravure of the painting.
Doucet's students included:
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