French painter, sculptor, and chess player (1887–1968). Marcel Duchamp was born on 28 July 1887 in what is now France. Marcel Duchamp is remembered as an actor, chess player and painter, a citizen of France and the United States. Notable works include “Étant donnés”, “L.H.O.O.Q.” and “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2”.
Before and after
- 1887Heinrich Hertz generates radio waves
- 31 May 1887Birth of Saint-John Perse
- 24 June 1887Birth of Marc Chagall
- 26 July 1887Publication of Unua Libro
- 28 July 1887Birth of Marcel Duchamp
- 8 August 1887Birth of Shmuel Yosef Agnon
- 12 August 1887Birth of Erwin Schrödinger
- 29 September 1887Founding of Hamburger SV
- 6 October 1887Birth of Le Corbusier
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The era
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