Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp 

Pode Bal

French

My first impression: This painting almost looks like a photograph. Everything looks so realistic, from the shine on the chess pieces to the windows reflection. Duchamp used more neutral colors within the painting, starting from the green, to the brown and the tan. Behind the man everything seems to brighten up, the yellow walls makes the man and the chess board stand out the most. 

What I've learned: Marcel Duchamp is a French artist who, while alive and a painter focused on the Dadaist movements. Duchamp loved to play chess, while in Argentina he worked with a craftsman to carve his own pieces for his own chess board.  By making his own chess board and pieces lead him to a new inspiration. This painting.