sign. Delivery service: Colissimo Jacques Villon, a great engraver Jacques Villon (1875-1963) is a French painter and engraver. Gaston Emile Duchamp is part of a wealthy and very artistic family. His brothers, including Marcel Duchamp, became renowned artists, just like his sister. For all the children in the family, grandfather Emile Nicolle was an artistic landmark because he became a painter and engraver. He introduces Gaston to printmaking. To distinguish himself from his brothers and sister, Gaston Duchamp chose Jacques Villon as his pseudonym, in homage to the Middle Ages poet François Villon. After settling in 1894 with his brother Raymond in Montmartre, Jacques Villon studied law at the University of Paris, according to his father's wishes. Alongside his studies, he took courses at the Ecole des Beaux-arts and frequented Cormon's studio, where the influences of Gauguin, Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec were in the air. His father accepts that he abandons his law studies to devote himself to art and helps him financially. Collaborations emerged with Parisian magazines such as “Le Chat Noir”, where Villon published humorous drawings. During his military service, his art leaned towards the satirical so he aimed for the more extreme newspapers “Le Rire” or “Le Gil-Blas”. Thanks to his grandfather, Jacques Villon practices engraving with passion, and Paris likes it. At the beginning of the 1900s, he began to make a name for himself in the capital, found a publisher, Edmond Sagot, created posters for cabarets, and finally exhibited at the Salons. It was in 1904 that the engraver became a member of the Salon and a member of the Drawing Section Committee. His first exhibition was alongside his brother Raymond and his sculptures. Then, the role of painting became more important, following his meeting with Frantisek Kupka, with a style close to cubism. To develop his work and find his personality, the artist often goes to the workshops of Puteaux, which is the place of the avant-garde, where you can find Apollinaire, Picabia or even Delaunay. They reflect together on the movement of Picasso and Braque. Called the “Puteaux Group,” the artists sought a way to connect tradition and modernity with Cubism. This group is absolutely not well regarded by the press, and criticized a lot. Moreover, several demonstrations by these artists have created a scandal. The most artistically significant event in the life of Jacques Villon was his participation in the “Armory Show” in New York in 1913. After being wounded in the war and losing his brother Raymond, Jacques Villon returned to his studio in Puteaux. and moves from cubism to the abstract, in engraving and painting. Even if his notoriety was initially stronger in the United States than in France, official recognition in his native country was the purchase of two of his engravings for the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. Jacques Villon received diplomas, prizes, and became a Knight then Grand Knight of the Legion of Honor... The second part of the 1930s was a flight for Villon. During the war, Jacques Villon went to the countryside, where contact with Nature gave him a feeling of evolution, in colorful palettes, broken tones, measured compositions... His meeting with Louis Carré was vital: the gallery owner takes care of everything, exhibitions, his production... Before his death, numerous retrospectives took place at the MaM in Stockholm