Studied painting at the Académie Julian, Paris, France
1912
Created 'Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2' (Philadelphia Museum of Art), causing an uproar at New York City's famous Armory Show in 1913
1915
Moved to New York, NY
1913 - 1917
Established kinetic art ('Bicycle Wheel', 1913) and ready-made art ('Fountain', 1917)
1920
Founded the Société Anonyme with Katherine Dreier and Man Ray in New York, NY Invented Rrose Sélavy, his feminine alter ego, in New York, NY
1926
Moved back to Paris, France
1946
Began Etant donnés: 1. la chute d’eau 2. le gaz d’éclairage, a major assemblage on which he worked secretly for the next 20 years
1955
Became a United States citizen
1968
Died: in Paris, France
Exhibitions
2008 - 2009
"Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture", National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (solo) "Duchamp Manray Picabia", Tate Modern, London, UK "Duchamp: una obra que no es una obra “de arte”, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
2008
"Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia - The Moment Art Changed Forever", Tate Modern, London, UK
2006
"Marcel Duchamp", Galerie Michel Vidal, Paris, France (solo)
1966
"The Almost Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp", Tate Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1963
"By or of Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy", Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA (solo)
1954
"Arensberg collection", Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1938
"Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme", Paris, France
1937
Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
1927
"International Exhibition of Modern Art", Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1917
Society for Independent Artists, New York, NY
1913
Armory Show, New York, NY
1912
Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France.
1909
Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France Salon d’Automne, Paris, France
