{"product_id":"raymond-duchamp-villon-bilingual-edition","title":"Raymond Duchamp-Villon (bilingual edition)","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe first catalogue raisonné of a leading artist of the Cubist movement.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918) was born in Eure, in the Haute-Normandie region of France. He was the brother of the artists Jacques Villon, Marcel Duchamp, and Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1894 Duchamp-Villon started a career in medicine at the Sorbonne. However rheumatic fever forced him to abandon his studies in 1898 and he began to pursue an interest in sculpture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe soon achieved a high level of mastery and acumen. In 1902 and 1903, he exhibited at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe exhibited his work at the \u003ci\u003eSalon d'Automne\u003c\/i\u003e in 1905 and he was made a member of the jury of the sculpture section in 1907, becoming instrumental in promoting the Cubist movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe participated in major salons in Paris and in 1912 he exhibited at the important Armory Show in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring World War I Duchamp-Villon served in the French army in a medical capacity, but still participated in exhibitions and completed his major cubist sculpture, \u003ci\u003eThe Large Horse\u003c\/i\u003e. In late 1916, Raymond Duchamp-Villon contracted typhoid fever and diedin a military hospital at Cannes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1967, in Rouen, his last surviving artist brother Marcel helped organize an exhibition called \u003ci\u003eLes Duchamp: Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp, Suzanne Duchamp\u003c\/i\u003e. Some of this family exhibition was later shown at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris.","brand":"Editions Skira Paris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664297463844,"sku":"9782370741417","price":375.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9782370741417.jpg?v=1777355723","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/raymond-duchamp-villon-bilingual-edition","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}