Duchamp

American  

[dy-shahn] / düˈʃɑ̃ /

noun

1. Marcel 1887–1968, French painter, in U.S. after 1915 (brother of Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Jacques Villon).

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Duchamp British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

Next up? a Marcel Duchamp painting and, possibly, a Mark Rothko or Ruth Asawa work.

From Los Angeles Times

The piece proved an immediate hit, with critics comparing it to ready-made master Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 porcelain urinal, “Fountain.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Hopps was a wealth of information about Dada godfather Marcel Duchamp, whose now legendary 1963 retrospective he had organized for the Pasadena Art Museum.

From Los Angeles Times

Early in the 20th century, French iconoclast Marcel Duchamp described a new “scientific spirit” for avant-garde art, noting the methodical painterly investigations of predecessors Georges Seurat and Paul Cézanne.

From Los Angeles Times

A volunteer at the old Pasadena Art Museum, which was shaking things up with exhibitions of Marcel Duchamp’s Dada high jinks and Pop painting and sculpture, she was still new to art.

From Los Angeles Times