Editing Suzanne Duchamp (section)

== Early life and education ==
Suzanne was born in [[Blainville-Crevon]], [[Seine-Maritime]] in the [[Haute-Normandie]] Region of [[France]], near [[Rouen]]. She was the fourth of six children born into the artistic family of Justin Isidore (Eugène) Duchamp (1848–1925) and Marie Caroline Lucie Duchamp (née Nicolle) (1860–1925), the daughter of painter and engraver Émile Frédéric Nicolle.

Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti was the younger sister of famous artists [[Jacques Villon]] (né Émile Méry Frédéric Gaston Duchamp), a painter and printmaker, [[Raymond Duchamp-Villon]], a sculptor, and [[Marcel Duchamp]], a painter, sculptor and author. She was closest in age and temperament to Marcel Duchamp, forming and maintaining a close bond and emotional attachment with him throughout their lives. Scholars, such as [[Arturo Schwarz]], have speculated that there may have been an incestuous relationship between the two, although that was influenced by Freudian school of thought at the time.

She began her studies as a painter at the [[École des Beaux-Arts]] in her native [[Rouen]] when she was sixteen years old in 1905. Her early works reflected styles ranging from [[Intimism (art movement)|Intimism]] and [[Fauvism]] to [[Impressionism]] and a conservative [[Cubism]], often depicting family and childhood scenes around Rouen. From 1909–1910, Marcel and Suzanne participated together in the activities of the Société Normande de de Peinture Moderne, an artists' group based in Rouen. Through this group, she was exposed to avant-garde trends. At age 21, in 1911, she married a local pharmacist named Charles Desmares but quickly divorced, moving to [[Paris]] to serve as a nurse during the [[World War I|First World War]], living in Marcel's apartment in rue la Condamine. She worked in the [[Les Invalides|Hôtel des Invalides]], one of the largest French military hospitals. During this time, she continued to work as an artist, establishing a presence in the Parisian quarter of [[Montparnasse]] and often asking Marcel for feedback or advice.