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| − | '''Marcel Duchamp''' (pseudonym Rose Sélavy) (Blainville, 1887 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1968) was a French-born American [[painter]] | + | '''Marcel Duchamp''' (pseudonym Rose Sélavy) (Blainville, 1887 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1968) was a French-born American [[painter]], [[sculptor]] and Chess player. His work is often associated with [[Post-Impressionism|Post-Impressionist]] styles, [[Cubism]], [[Fauvism]] and avant-garde movements like the [[Dadaism|Dadaist]] and [[Surrealist]]. |
A chessplayer, a trickster, and an artist, Marcel Duchamp created works of [[art]] that slyly debased traditional [[painting]] and sculpture. | A chessplayer, a trickster, and an artist, Marcel Duchamp created works of [[art]] that slyly debased traditional [[painting]] and sculpture. | ||
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| − | [[File:Duchamp La partida de ajedrez.jpg|thumb|The chess | + | [[File:Duchamp La partida de ajedrez.jpg|thumb|The chess game.]] |
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Revision as of 00:40, December 13, 2009
Marcel Duchamp (pseudonym Rose Sélavy) (Blainville, 1887 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1968) was a French-born American painter, sculptor and Chess player. His work is often associated with Post-Impressionist styles, Cubism, Fauvism and avant-garde movements like the Dadaist and Surrealist.
A chessplayer, a trickster, and an artist, Marcel Duchamp created works of art that slyly debased traditional painting and sculpture.
His most famous work is Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, 1912.
