Raymond Duchamp-Villon

Mjesto: Damville

Rođen: 1876

Smrt: 1918

Biografija:

Raymond Duchamp-Villon was a French sculptor, born on November 5, 1876, in Damville, Eure, in the Haute-Normandie region of France. He was the second son of Eugene and Lucie Duchamp, and his family had a strong artistic influence. Out of the six Duchamp children, four became successful artists, including Raymond's brothers Jacques Villon, Marcel Duchamp, and Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti.

Early Life and Education

From 1894 to 1898, Raymond lived in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris with his brother Jacques and studied medicine at the Sorbonne. However, due to rheumatic fever, he was forced to abandon his studies in 1898. This unforeseen event altered the course of his life as he began to pursue an interest in sculpture.

Artistic Career

Raymond started by creating small statuettes and essentially became self-taught, achieving a high level of mastery and acumen. In 1902 and 1903, he exhibited at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, but to distinguish himself from his artist brother, he began to use the Duchamp-Villon designation on all his works. In 1905, Duchamp-Villon had his first exhibition at the Salon d'Automne and a show at the Galerie Legrip in Rouen with his brother Jacques. Two years later, they moved to the village of Puteaux at the outskirts of Paris, where the three Duchamp brothers were part of the regular meetings of what became known as the Puteaux Group of artists and critics. Raymond's reputation was such that he was made a member of the jury of the sculpture section of the Salon d'Automne in 1907, and he was instrumental in promoting the Cubist movement. In 1911, he exhibited at the Galerie de l’Art Contemporain in Paris, and the following year his work was included in a show organized by the Duchamp brothers at the Salon de la Section d’Or at the Galerie de la Boétie.

• In 1913, he took part in exhibitions at the Galerie André Groult in Paris and the Galerie S. V. U. Mánes in Prague.
• In 1914, he exhibited at the Der Sturm Gallery in Berlin.

Later Life and Death

During World War I, Raymond Duchamp-Villon served in the French army in a medical capacity but still worked on his major cubist sculpture, The Large Horse. In late 1916, he contracted typhoid fever while stationed at the military quarters in Champagne and died on October 9, 1918. Some of his notable works include:

• Torse de jeune homme (Torso of a young man), terracotta
• Maquette originale de La Maison Cubiste (Cubist House, Façade architecturale), document from Musée National d'Art Moderne
• La Maison Cubiste (Cubist House) at the Salon d'Automne, 1912, detail of the entrance

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