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Alexina "Teeny" Duchamp (née Sattler; January 6, 1906 – December 20, 1995) was the wife of Pierre Matisse, daughter-in-law of artist Henri Matisse, and second wife of artist and chess player Marcel Duchamp.
His mother later divorced Pierre and married artist Marcel Duchamp, becoming Alexina "Teeny" Duchamp. Thus Paul is both grandson of Henri Matisse, and the stepson of Marcel Duchamp. [1] In 1954, Matisse graduated from Harvard University. [1] Matisse studied at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, and worked briefly with Buckminster Fuller. [2]
Matisse was married three times. His first marriage, to Alexina "Teeny" Sattler (later Alexina Duchamp), resulted in the birth of three children: Paul, a painter/inventor; Jacqueline, and Peter. In 1949 the couple separated and Matisse married Patricia Kane Matta, the former wife of surrealist painter Roberto Matta. [4]
The Illuminating Gas, French: Étant donnés: 1° la chute d'eau / 2° le gaz d'éclairage) is a 1966 assemblage by Marcel Duchamp. It was his last major artwork, surprising viewers and critics who had widely believed he had given up art; he was previously pursuing competitive chess which he had been playing for almost 25 years.
8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements is a 1957 American experimental film directed by Hans Richter, with contributing work by Marcel Duchamp and Jean Cocteau that was released on March 15, 1957, in New York City. It features original music by Robert Abramson, John Gruen and Douglas Townsend.
Matisse's step-grandfather was the artist Marcel Duchamp, who reinterpreted Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa in his L.H.O.O.Q. by adding a mustache. [3] [4] [9] Duchamp married Matisse's grandmother Alexina "Teeny" Matisse, an American, [6] in 1954 after she and Pierre Matisse had divorced. [1]
He was the godson of Marcel Duchamp's wife, Teeny. [3] His twin brother Sebastian, also an artist, died by suicide in 1976. [4] They both are survived by another brother, the artist/musician Ramuntcho Matta, who resides in Paris. [5]
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (UK: / ˈ dj uː ʃ ɒ̃ /, US: / dj uː ˈ ʃ ɒ̃, dj uː ˈ ʃ ɑː m p /; [1] French: [maʁsɛl dyʃɑ̃]; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art.