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| − | '''Marcel Duchamp''' '''(Rose Sélavy)''' (Blainville, 1887 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1968) was a born-French American [[painter]] and [[sculptor]]. | + | '''Marcel Duchamp''' '''(Rose Sélavy)''' (Blainville, 1887 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1968) was a born French American [[painter]] and [[sculptor]]. His work is often associated with [[Post-Impressionism|Post-Impressionist]] styles, [[Cubism]], [[Fauvism]] and avant-garde movements like the [[Dadaism|Dadaist]] and [[Surrealist]]. |
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| − | A chessplayer, a trickster, and an artist, '''Marcel Duchamp''' created works of art that slyly debased traditional [[painting]] and sculpture. | + | A chessplayer, a trickster, and an artist, Marcel Duchamp created works of [[art]] that slyly debased traditional [[painting]] and sculpture. |
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| | + | His most famous work is ''Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2''. |
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| | + | [[File:Duchamp Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2.jpg|300px|Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2]] |
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