Background
He was the second son of the amateur painter Charles Bouchet-Doumenq, whose family was from Montpellier. A work of Charles hangs at the Fondation Calvet.
He was the second son of the amateur painter Charles Bouchet-Doumenq, whose family was from Montpellier. A work of Charles hangs at the Fondation Calvet.
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
His mother, Antoinette Bonpard, was a native of Vallant-Saint-Georges. Doumenq studied painting with Glaize and the Swiss painter Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He exhibited his paintings on numerous occasions including Louisiana Chanteuse in 1865, Jeune fille faisant un bouquet in 1870, Henri B-Doctorate au Salon de 1878 in 1878, Louisiana rêveuse (Arles) (n°429) (1880), Jeune mère Arlésienne (n°317) (1883), and Dans le Jardin (1886).
He had at least one sibling, a sister, Caroline.
In 1880, at the age of 46, Doumenq married his art student, Magdalene Bernard (1854-1896), with whom he had two children, Pierre-Charles (1887-1890) Jean (1893-1915).