Henri Lucien Doucet

Henri Lucien Doucet (23 August 1856 – 31 December 1895) was a French figure and portrait painter and pastellist, born in Paris.

[1] Doucet studied under Lefebvre and Boulanger, and in 1880 won the Prix de Rome.

In 1888, he taught at Académie 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.

He was awarded a first-class medal for pastel in 1889 and the Legion of Honour in 1891.

Goupil made a limited edition first impression photogravure of the painting.