Editing Marcel Duchamp (section)

==Early life and education==
[[File:Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon in the garden of Villon's studio, Puteaux, France, c.1913.jpg|thumb|230px|Three Duchamp brothers, left to right: Marcel Duchamp, [[Jacques Villon]], and [[Raymond Duchamp-Villon]] in the garden of Jacques Villon's studio in Puteaux, France, 1914, ([[Smithsonian Institution]] collections)]]
Duchamp was born at [[Blainville-Crevon]] in Normandy, France, to Eugène Duchamp and Lucie Duchamp (née Lucie Nicolle) and grew up in a family that enjoyed cultural activities. The art of painter and engraver Émile Frédéric Nicolle, his maternal grandfather, filled the house, and the family liked to play chess, read books, paint, and make music together.

Of Eugene and Lucie Duchamp's seven children, one died as an infant and four became successful artists. Marcel Duchamp was the brother of:
* [[Jacques Villon]] (1875–1963), painter, printmaker
* [[Raymond Duchamp-Villon]] (1876–1918), sculptor
* [[Suzanne Duchamp|Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti]] (1889–1963), painter.

As a child, with his two elder brothers already away from home at school in [[Rouen]], Duchamp was closer to his sister Suzanne, who was a willing accomplice in games and activities conjured by his fertile imagination. At eight years old, Duchamp followed in his brothers' footsteps when he left home and began schooling at the [[Lycée Pierre-Corneille]], in Rouen. Two other students in his class also became well-known artists and lasting friends: [[Robert Antoine Pinchon]] and [[Pierre Dumont (painter)|Pierre Dumont]].<ref>Guy Pessiot, [https://books.google.com/books?id=u2v3xkP3ekEC&pg=PA271 ''Histoire de Rouen'' volume 2 ''1900–1939 en 800 photographies''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122200759/https://books.google.com/books?id=u2v3xkP3ekEC&pg=PA271 |date=22 January 2017 }}, repr. Rouen: PTC, 2004, {{ISBN|9782906258877}}, p. 271 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> For the next eight years, he was locked into an educational regime that focused on intellectual development. Though he was not an outstanding student, his best subject was mathematics and he won two mathematics prizes at the school. He also won a prize for drawing in 1903, and at his commencement in 1904 he won a coveted first prize, validating his recent decision to become a professional artist.

Duchamp learned academic drawing from a teacher who unsuccessfully attempted to "protect" his students from [[Impressionism]], [[Post-Impressionism]], and other [[avant-garde]] influences. However, his true artistic mentor at the time was his brother Jacques Villon, whose fluid and incisive style he sought to emulate. At 14, Duchamp's first serious art attempts were drawings and watercolors depicting his sister Suzanne in various poses and activities. That summer he also painted landscapes in an Impressionist style using oils.