Marcel Duchamp – Artwork & Bio of the French Painter

Marcel Duchamp was a French painter born on 28 July 1887 in Normandy, France. Duchamp’s first artistic influence came from his mother, a landscape painter. In 1904, Duchamp moved to Paris to join his brothers and enrolled at the Academie Julian. He worked as a cartoonist to earn a living while experimenting with the methods of different art movements.

Duchamp relocated to New York and continued his experimentation with art, especially readymade – a term he coined for everyday objects that he translated into artworks. Duchamp shuffled between Paris and New York later in his career, passively associating with Dadaism and Surrealism. Living out the rest of his life reclusively, Duchamp died on 2 October 1968.

What was Marcel Duchamp Known For?

Marcel Duchamp was known for creating unconventional art and challenging the laid-down restrictions of making art. Throughout his career, Duchamp aimed for the uncommon with his art, eventually inventing the idea of readymade by making art of everyday objects. He experimented widely with several mediums and techniques.

Who was Marcel Duchamp Influenced By?

Duchamp was influenced by Odilon Redon and Raymond Roussel. Early in his career, Duchamp associated with the Cubism movement and grew interested in the anti-academic works of Redon, a Symbolist painter. Duchamp, however, declared that it was more profitable to be influenced by a writer than a painter after watching a theatre adaptation of Roussel’s work.

What Art Movement was Marcel Duchamp Associated With?

Marcel Duchamp was associated with the Surrealism and Dadaism art movements. Although he never publicly associated with any group to avoid political drama, his works fall in the category of these movements.

Marcel Duchamp Artwork

Duchamp’s works are in the collections of prestigious institutions and museums worldwide. Below are some of them

Chauvel

Chess Game

Church at Blainville

Japanese Apple Tree

Landscape at Blainville

Man seated by a Window

Play

Portrait of the Artist’s Father

Portrait of Yvonne Duchamp

Sonata

Yvonne in a Kimono

All Marcel Duchamp Artwork on Artchive

Artwork Name Year Medium
The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors 1915 - 1923; United States oil,varnish,glass
The Bush c.1911; France oil,canvas
The Chess Players 1911; Neuilly-sur-seine, France oil,canvas
To Be Looked at (from the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close to, for Almost an Hour 1918; Buenos Aires, Argentina oil,glass
To Have the Apprentice in the Sun 1914; Déville-lès-rouen / Maromme / Déville, France pencil,ink,music paper
Transition of Virgin into a Bride 1912 oil,canvas
Two Nudes 1910; France oil,canvas
Why not Sneeze, Rose Sélavy 1921 ready-made
With Hidden Noise 1916 ready-made
With My Tongue in My Cheek 1959 pencil,paper
Japanese Apple Tree 1911
L.H.O.O.Q, Mona Lisa with moustache 1919 pencil,ready-made
In Advance of the Broken Arm 1915 ready-made
Hat Rack 1917 ready-made
Glider Containing a Water Mill in Neighboring Metals 1915 ready-made
Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas 1945 - 1966
Genre Allegory (George Washington) 1943
Fresh Widow 1920 ready-made
Female Fig Leaf - Cover design for "Le Surréalisme" 1956
Disks Bearing Spirals 1923 pencil,ink,paper
Cover for "Young Cherry Trees Secured Against Hares" 1946; New York, United States
King and Queen 1968; Milan, Italy aquatint,etching,paper
King and Queen surrounded by swift nudes 1912 oil,canvas
Landscape at Blainville 1902; Blainville-crevon, France oil,canvas
Landscape, Study for 'Paradise' 1911; France oil,canvas
Laundry Barge 1910 oil,cardboard
Chauvel 1910; France oil,canvas
Man seated by a window 1907; Paris, France oil,canvas
Monte Carlo bond 1924 collage,lithography,ready-made
Network of Stoppages 1914 oil,pencil,canvas
Nine malice moulds c.1915 oil,glass
Church at Blainville 1902; Blainville-crevon, France oil,canvas
Nude with black stockings 1910 oil,canvas
Young Girl and Man in Spring 1911; France oil,canvas
Yvonne and Magdeleine Torn in Tatters 1911; France oil,canvas
Yvonne (in kimono) 1901; Blainville-crevon, France pencil,ink,watercolor,paper
1200 Bags of Coal (installation view at “International Exhibition of Surrealism”) 1938; New York City, United States
50 cc of Paris Air 1919 ready-made
About Young Sister 1911; France oil,canvas
After love 1968; Milan, Italy aquatint,etching,paper
Apolinere Enamelled 1916 gouache,pencil,ready-made
Baptism 1911; France oil,canvas
Bare Stripped Bride 1968; Milan, Italy aquatint,etching,paper
Bicycle Wheel 1913 ready-made
Bottlerack 1914 ready-made
Bride 1912 oil,canvas
Chess Game 1910; France oil,canvas
Chocolate Grinder 1914 oil,canvas
Chocolate Grinder 1914 oil,canvas
Cover design for "View" magazine 1945
Selected Details after Cranach 1968; Milan, Italy aquatint,etching,paper
Selected Details after Ingres II 1968; Milan, Italy aquatint,etching,paper
Selected Details after Ingres I 1968; Milan, Italy aquatint,etching,paper
Rotary Glass Plates (Precision Optics) 1920 ready-made
Selected Details after Courbet 1968; Milan, Italy aquatint,etching,paper
Sad young man in a train 1911; Neuilly-sur-seine, France oil,cardboard
Rotorelief n°11 - Total Eclipse / Rotorelief n°12 - White spiral 1935 lithography,cardboard
The Brawl at Austerlitz 1921 ready-made
Selected Details after Rodin 1968; Milan, Italy aquatint,etching,paper
Self Portrait in Profile 1958 collage
Sixteen Miles of String ( installation for 'The First Papers of Surrealism' exhibition) 1942; New York City, United States
Sonata 1911; France watercolor,paper
Standing Nude 1910; France
Standing Nude 1910 oil,canvas
Study for "Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. Illuminating Gas" c.1949; France collage
The Bec Auer 1967; Milan, Italy etching,paper
Rotary demisphere 1924 ready-made
Paradise, Adam and Eve c.1910; France oil,canvas
Parva Domus, Magna Quies 1902
Play 1902; Blainville-crevon, France watercolor,paper
Please touch - Cover design for "Le Surréalisme" 1947
Portrait (Dulcinea) 1911; France oil,canvas
Portrait of Chess Players 1911; Neuilly-sur-seine, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Dr. Dumouchel 1910; France oil,canvas
Portrait of Dr. Ferdinand Tribout 1910; France oil,cardboard
Portrait of Gustave Candel's Mother 1912 oil,canvas
Portrait of Jacques Villon c.1905; Paris, France
Portrait of the artist's father 1910; France oil,canvas
Portrait of Yvonne Duchamp c.1907 oil,canvas
Rotary demisphere 1925 ready-made
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 1912 Oil on Canvas
Fountain 1917 Ready-made
The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even 1915-23 Oil paint, varnish, lead foil, lead wire,
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