Marcel Duchamp Influence Of Art

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Some say that Marcel Duchamp, also known as Rrose Selavy, is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. From a young age Duchamp was under a heavy influence of art. For instance, his grandfather “...practiced engraving…” (Lebel). Duchamp’s mother even painted landscapes. This resulted in, “Four of the six Duchamp children [becoming] artists.” (Lebel). Duchamp was influenced by his two older brothers who encouraged him to pursue art. He was also heavily influenced, in his early art stages, by, “...Paul Cezanne…” (Lebel). In 1906, Duchamp moved to Paris at the time when modernism was about to explode. “...[Duchamp] was part of the generation who were influenced and inspired by this revolution.” (Jones). When Duchamp reached the age of twenty five, he started getting influenced by the,”...theater adaptation of Raymond Roussel's Impressions d'Afrique with Picabia and Guillaume Apollinaire.” (“Marcel Duchamp Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works”). The plots of this story and the puns, which Duchamp used in many of his works, are what influenced him the most. He "’felt that as a painter it was much better to be influenced by a writer than by another painter.’" (“Marcel Duchamp Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works”). In this same year, 1911, Duchamp may have also been influenced by, “allusions to homosexual intercourse, Kabbalism and tantrism…” (Girst). Girst says this may have been the only work of art Duchamp …show more content…

He started painting from a young age. At age 15 is when he created one of his earliest works, “Landscape at Blainville”, in this he shows influences of Monet. Duchamp worked as an artist for his entire life, he was involved partially in Cubism in his early career and was a , “pioneer of Dada, a movement that questioned long-held assumptions about what art should be, and how it should be made.” (“MoMA Learning”). Marcel Duchamp created all the way up until October 2, 1968, when he died in his studio at the age of

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