Raymond Duchamp-Villon
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Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918) was a French sculptor who brought Cubist principles into three dimensions. Born Pierre-Maurice-Raymond Duchamp in Damville, Normandy, he was the brother of Marcel Duchamp and Jacques Villon. He began as a medical student before turning to sculpture around 1898, working through an Impressionist and then Art Nouveau phase before embracing Cubism around 1912.
His most important work, The Large Horse (1914), translates a rearing horse into interlocking mechanical forms that merge animal energy with machine-age power. He was mobilized during World War I, contracted typhoid fever, and died at 42. Despite a short career, his fusion of organic and geometric form influenced sculptors for decades.
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About Raymond Duchamp-Villon
The Large Horse (1914) is his masterwork, translating a rearing horse into interlocking geometric and mechanical forms. Casts are at MoMA, the Centre Pompidou, and other major museums.
Yes. He was Marcel Duchamp's older brother. Their brother Jacques Villon was also an artist. All three exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show in New York, and the family produced one of modern art's most creative dynasties.
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