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Marcel Duchamp Is Considered

Marcel Duchamp is considered
as one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century by the modern art
world. Duchamp, who participated in artistic movements from Fauvism to Surrealism,
was an innovator and a revolutionary within the art world. Duchamp, being
a founding force in the Dada movement, was also a main influencing factor of
the development of the 20th Century avant-garde art. All in all Duchamp has
become a legend within the art world.     Marcel Duchamp was born on July 28,1887
in Blainville France. Being the brother of two prominent artists, Raymond Duchamp-Villon
and Jacques Villon, it seemed only natural that the young Marcel Duchamp would
participate in the arts. Also, his childhood home was abundantly decorated
with seascapes, landscapes, and etchings produced by his grandfather Emile-Frederic
Nicolle. As he himself put it, “When you see so many paintings you’ve got
to paint.” In 1907, at age 17, Duchamp resolved to become an artist.     Marcel
Duchamp had the great fortune of entering the world of art at a most exciting
time when the birth of Fauvism and Cubism was in the not so distant future.
Although Marcel incorporated these styles he was never satisfied with any
single style. He felt that styles were learned techniques which put creativity,
exploration, and imagination in the background of the art scene. Duchamp’s
view of the lack of creativity and originality may have prompted many of his
later creations which, at the time of their production, seemed absurd.
    Throughout
Marcel Duchamp’s career he dabbled in a wide variety of styles ranging from
Fauvism to Cubism, all the way to the art of Ready-mades. Although he openly
expressed that painting bored him, he did it quite well. Early in his career
he, like most young artists, painted friends and family, things he was familiar
with. Duchamp’s only formal training came at the Academie Julian in Paris from
where he dropped out after only eighteen months to pursue his own interests.
This seems to be a defining characteristic of Marcel Duchamp’s career, he
did things that suited him, not what others felt was the correct thing to do.
    Marcel
Duchamp’s artistic output began with portraits of people close to him such
as family members and close friends. At this time Duchamp was experimenting
with Fauvism, the art of the “wild beasts”. In this from of art one could
use arbitrary colors. This is the reason one might see portraits made by Duchamp
from around 1910 in which people are rep

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