| Cécile Douard | |
| Birth Name: | Cécile Leseine |
| Birth Date: | 29 December 1866 |
| Birth Place: | Rouen, France |
| Death Place: | Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality: | Belgian |
| Field: | Painting, Sculpture |
Cécile Douard (1866-1941) was a Belgian artist.[1]
Douard was born Cécile Leseine[2] on 29 December 1866 in Rouen, France. She studied under .[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]