signed. 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, will become renowned artists, as will his sister. For all the children of the family, the grandfather Emile Nicolle is an artistic reference because he becomes a painter and engraver. He introduces Gaston to printmaking. To distinguish himself from his brothers and sister, Gaston Duchamp chooses Jacques Villon as a pseudonym, in homage to the medieval poet François Villon. After settling in Montmartre in 1894 with his brother Raymond, Jacques Villon studies, according to his father's wishes, law at the University of Paris. Alongside his studies, he took classes at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and frequented Cormon's studio, where the influences of Gauguin, Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec lingered in the air. His father agreed that he abandon his law studies to devote himself to art and helped him financially. Collaborations were born with Parisian magazines such as "Le Chat Noir", where Villon published humorous drawings. During his military service, his art leaned towards the satirical and therefore aimed at the more extreme newspapers "Le Rire" or "Le Gil-Blas". Thanks to his grandfather, Jacques Villon practiced engraving with passion, and it pleased Paris. At the beginning of the 1900s, he began to make a name for himself in the capital, found a publisher, Edmond Sagot, made 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 Committee of the drawing section. 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 that was close to Cubism. To develop his work and find his personality, the artist often went to the studios of Puteaux, which was the place of the avant-garde, where we could find Apollinaire, Picabia or Delaunay. They reflected together on the movement of Picasso and Braque. Called the "Puteaux Group", the artists sought a way to link tradition and modernity with Cubism. This group was absolutely not well regarded by the press, and was much criticized. Moreover, several demonstrations by these artists created a scandal. The most significant artistic event in Jacques Villon's life 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 moved from cubism to abstraction, in engraving and painting. Although his fame 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 and then Grand Knight of the Legion of Honor... The second half of the 1930s was a takeoff 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 took care of everything, the exhibitions, his production... Before his death, many retrospectives took place at the MaM, in Stockholm