biography
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Duchamp-Villon, Raymond
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pronunciation:
[düshã veeyõ]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1876–1918)
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| biography:
| Sculptor, born in Damville, NW France, the half-brother of Marcel Duchamp and brother of Jacques Villon. He studied medicine, then took up sculpture (1898) and was greatly influenced by Rodin. In 1910 he joined the Cubists and exhibited at the Section d'Or with his brothers. His masterpiece, ‘Horse’ (1914), represents the highest ideals of Cubist sculpture. He was gassed in 1916 and died two years later. |
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