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3 unusual facts about Jacques Villon


Jacques Villon

To distinguish himself from his siblings, Gaston Duchamp adopted the pseudonym of Jacques Villon as a tribute to the French medieval poet François Villon.

That year, he exhibited at the famous Armory Show in New York City that helped introduce European modern art to the United States.

There, he studied law at the University of Paris but received his father's permission to study art on the condition that he continue studying law.


Gustave-Henri Jossot

He is mainly remembered for the mark he left on several special issues of Paris journals, most notably l'Assiette au beurre, contributors to which included Kees van Dongen, Félix Vallotton, František Kupka, Steinlen, Adolphe Willette, and Jacques Villon.

Suzanne Duchamp

In 1967, in Rouen, France, her brother Marcel helped organize an exhibition called Les Duchamp: Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp, Suzanne Duchamp.


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