Marcel Duchamp is one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His importance even reaches until today. Duchamp not only contributed beautiful artworks, but he also changed the definition of art. He used art to raise questions about art and society. He is a rebel and a revolutionary in terms of art.
Early art and transition Duchamp studied art at the Académie Julian from 1904 to 1905. Most of his early works can be categorized as post-Expresssionist. His works show a fascination with the fourth dimension in art, which is time. Some of his works in this theme are