Editing Jacques Villon (section)

==Honors==
[[File:Jacques Villon Stained Glass Windows, Metz.jpg|thumb|Stained glass windows of Jacques Villon in the [[Metz Cathedral|Saint-Stephen Cathedral]] in [[Metz]].]]
An exhibition of Jacques Villon's work was held in Paris in 1944 at the Galerie [[Louis Carré (art dealer)|Louis Carré]], following which he received honors at a number of international exhibitions. In 1938 he was named Chevalier (Knight) of the [[Legion of Honor]]. In 1947 he was promoted to Officier (Officer) of the [[Legion of Honor]].<ref name="Léonore" /> In 1950, Villon received the [[Carnegie Prize]], the highest award for painting in the world, and in 1954 he was made a Commandeur (Commander) of the [[Legion of Honor]].<ref name="Léonore" /> The following year he was commissioned to design stained-glass windows for the cathedral at [[Metz]], France. In 1956 he was awarded the Grand Prix at the [[Venice Biennale]] exhibition.

Among Villon's greatest achievements as a printmaker was his creation of a purely graphic language for cubism&nbsp;– an accomplishment that no other printmaker, including his fellow cubists [[Pablo Picasso]] or [[Georges Braque]], could claim.

Villon died in his studio at [[Puteaux]].

In 1967, in [[Rouen]], his last surviving artist brother Marcel helped organize an exhibition called ''Les Duchamp: Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp, Suzanne Duchamp''. Some of this family exhibition was later shown at the [[Musée National d'Art Moderne]] in Paris.

Many important museums include works by Villon in their collections, including the [[Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco]]; [[Minneapolis Institute of Arts]]; [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]; [[Art Institute of Chicago]]; [[Columbus Museum of Art]] (Columbus, Ohio); [[Museum of Modern Art]], New York City; [[University of Michigan Museum of Art]] (Ann Arbor, Michigan); [[National Gallery of Art]], Washington D.C.; [[Art Gallery of New South Wales]] (Sydney, Australia); [[Bibliothèque Nationale]], Paris; and [[Musée Jenisch]] ([[Vevey]], Switzerland).

Leading private collections which include the works of Villon are the Joachim Collection of Chicago, the Vess Collection of Detroit, and the Ginestet Collection of Paris.