biography
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Villon, Jacques
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pseudonym of Gaston Emile Duchamp
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pronunciation:
[veeyõ]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1875–1963)
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| biography:
| Painter and engraver, born in Damville, NW France, the brother of Marcel Duchamp and Raymond Duchamp-Villon. He studied in Paris, where he met and befriended Toulouse-Lautrec. He earned his living producing satirical drawings for illustrated newspapers, and exhibited at the Salon d'Automne from 1904. In 1911 he became a Cubist and organized the Section d'Or exhibition of 1912 with Gleizes, Léger, and others, but from 1919 his work became abstract and includes ‘Race Horse’ (1922). He was represented in the Armory Show in New York City in 1913, but did not win international fame until after World War 2. His reputation was confirmed by major exhibitions in Paris in 1951 and 1961. |
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