Now a recognized artist, Henri Duhem abandoned his career as a lawyer in 1893 to devote himself solely to his art.

In 1889 he met a young woman painter, Marie Sergeant (1871-1918 ), that he married the following year.

It is with the niece of this painter, Virginie Demont-Breton, daughter of the painter Jules Breton, and herself a painter they formed the Ecole de Wissant with Georges Maroniez, Francis Tattegrain, Fernand Stievenart and Felix Planquette. In 1887, he enrolled in Henri Harpignies’ drawing course in Paris and, at the same time, befriended the painter Émile Breton, who introduced him to oil painting. He worked as a lawyer at the Bar of the Court of Douai from 1883, he practiced at the same time his passion for drawing and watercolor. This painting is not currently framed but a suitable frame can be sourced if required.ĭescendant of an old Flemish family, Henri Duhem was born in Douai on April 7, 1860. Lovely oil on panel by Henri Duhem depicting a punt on a pond in Nimes, Southern France.

Gardenscapes level 1897 for 2018