Du·champ (d -shä  , dü), Marcel 1887-1968. French-born modernist artist and a leader of the Dada movement in New York City who was the first to exhibit commonplace objects as art. His paintings include Nude Descending a Staircase (1912). |
Duchamp (French) [dyʃɑ̃]
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(Biographies / Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968) M, USnational of birth: French, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter, ARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor) Marcel (marsɛl). 1887-1968, US painter and sculptor, born in France; noted as a leading exponent of Dada. His best-known work is
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| Noun | 1. |  Duchamp - French artist who immigrated to the United States; a leader in the dada movement in New York City; was first to exhibit commonplace objects as art (1887-1968) |
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