Duchamp

[ dy-shahn ]

noun
  1. Mar·cel [mar-sel], /marˈsɛl/, 1887–1968, French painter, in U.S. after 1915 (brother of Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Jacques Villon).

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How to use Duchamp in a sentence

  • Duchamp, a slighter talent than either Léger or Gleizes, is the Whistler of the movement.

    Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning | Willard Huntington Wright
  • In his series of ready-mades, Marcel Duchamp anticipated much more than a style.

  • M. Duchamp has recorded a fatal piscine epizoty amongst tenches (Tinca vulgaris), occurring in the ponds of La Bresse.

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British Dictionary definitions for Duchamp

Duchamp

/ (French dyʃɑ̃) /


noun
  1. Marcel (marsɛl). 1887–1968, US painter and sculptor, born in France; noted as a leading exponent of Dada. His best-known work is Nude Descending a Staircase (1912)

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