Jacques villon biography

Summary of Jacques Villon

Villon had established himself as a leading printmaker working within the Belle Époque style long before devoting his considerable talents to painting. He was, with brother Raymond, co-founder of the influential Puteaux Group and he named, and helped stage, the 1912 Salon de la Section d'Or, a seminal exhibition in the history of the Cubism and Orphism movements. His own style of painting was driven by mathematical theory through which he married the flat geometric forms of Cubism with a luminous color palette that saw him referred to by some as the "Cubist-Impressionist". Indeed, his preference for a more expressive palette is credited with helping widen the appeal of Cubism amongst a somewhat sceptical public. As his career developed, he experimented extensively with color theory, and dabbled with pure abstraction, before devoting himself to landscapes and prestigious limited-edition print projects.

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• Not satisfied with the limited "brown" color palettes of the earliest forms of Cubism, Villon experimented with truncated forms an
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  Jacques Villon (French, 1875-1963) 

  Villon was a French abstract artist known for his Cubist paintings. In the artist’s self-portrait, half of his face is more abstract than the other, hidden in hatching. His facial expression seems to be ambivalent, but his eyes are different shapes and his hair is unruly, underscoring depth under the simple rendering. 

  Villon was born as Gaston Duchamp, but he changed his name to Jacques Villon to distance himself from his famous artist brother, Marcel Duchamp, and pay homage to French medieval poet, François Villon. His works are largely in graphic media; he contributed drawings to Parisian papers and made prints and posters. He also designed stained-glass windows for the cathedral at Metz, France in 1955. His first gallery exhibition, shared with his brother Raymond, took place at Galerie Legrip, Rouen in 1905. Villion’s works are collected in significant museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Art Institute of Chicago. In

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  Jacques Villon Biography

  Jacques Villon (Gaston Duchamp). French painter, born in Damville; died in Puteaux. Villon was the brother of Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duchamp Villon and Suzanne Duchamp. After studying law he settled in Paris in 1894, where he worked in Cormon's studio and earned his living as a draughtsman. During this period he contributed to the magazines Le Chat noir, Gil Blas, Lassiette au Beurre and Le Courrier franqais. In 1904 he became a founder member of the Salon d'Automne, in which he regularly exhibited. In 1912 he helped to organize the Section d'Or exhibition, and in 1913 took part in the International Exhibition of Modern Art (the Armory Show) in New York, at which he sold nine pictures. Between 1921 and 1930 he produced thirty-four prints for Architectures.

  In 1937 he won an award for painting and graphic art at the International Exhibition of Art in Paris. In 1940-1 he was in Bernay with Mme Andre Mare. In 1944 he became friendly with Louis Carre and exhibited in his gallery. In 1949 he won the Grand Prix for graphic art in Lugano, and in 1950 took