Jacques Villon

Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 – June 9, 1963), also known as Gaston Duchamp, was a French Cubist and abstract painter and printmaker. Born Émile Méry Frédéric Gaston Duchamp in Damville, Eure, in Normandy, France, he came from a prosperous and artistically inclined family. He was the elder brother of Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp, and Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti. Villon studied law at the University of Paris but received his father's permission to study art. To distinguish himself from his siblings, he adopted the pseudonym Jacques Villon as a tribute to the French medieval poet François Villon. Villon's works are known for their Cubist and abstract style.More