The Resume

(July 28, 1887-October 2, 1968)
Birth name was Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp
Associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements
Works include ‘Fountain,' ‘L.H.O.O.Q.,' ‘Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2,' ‘Bicycle Wheel,' ‘In Advance of a Broken Arm,' ‘Bottle Rack,' ‘The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass),' ‘Portrait of Chess Players' and ‘To Be Looked At (From The Other Side Of The Glass) With One Eye, Close To, For Almost An Hour'
Sometimes used the name ‘Rose Sélavy'

Why he might be annoying:

He outraged critics with his gimmicky art.
One ‘sculpture' is simply a rest room urinal that he called ‘Fountain.'
He used a lot of juvenile puns.
He drew a mustache on a copy of the Mona Lisa and gave it a title that translates as ‘She's Got a Hot Ass.'
He sometimes dressed in drag and used a female pseudonym.
He married a woman for her money, then divorced her when her allowance wasn't what he expected.
He was an obsessive chess player.
He eventually gave up his art career to play chess all the time.

Why he might not be annoying:

He had a mischievous sense of humor.
One critic claims that he actually created most of his ‘found art' from scratch (including the urinal and the fake Mona Lisa).
He was a very good chess player.
His wife once glued all his chess pieces down to piss him off.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Painters
• ARTNews' Most Influential Artists of the 20th Century
• Diseased Initials
• I am a Citizen of France
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [D-G]
• I Died in 1968 (Ranked: 81)
• I Probably Banged Frida Kahlo
• Known By a Middle Name
• Librarians
• Look at Me, I'm Playing Chess
• Look at Me, I'm Relaxing
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• M.D.'s and R.N.'s
• Men in Dresses
• Painters
• People with Bruce, Marc or Keith in their Names
• Profiles 16751-17000 (Ranked: 16767)
• Satirists and Wits
• Sculptors
• Time's Top 10 Famous Toilets (Ranked: 1)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 8]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 56 Votes: 66.07% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 71 Votes: 71.83% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 121 Votes: 61.16% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 26 Votes: 42.31% Annoying