Amédée Ozenfant

(French, 1886–1966)

Amédée Ozenfant was a French painter and writer known for his Cubist still lifes. “Simplification, distortion of forms, and modifications of natural appearances, are ways of arriving at intense expressiveness of form,” he once said. Born on April 15, 1886 in Saint-Quentin, France, he began painting as a teenager and later moved to Paris where he studied painting under Charles Cottet. In 1915, he cofounded the magazine L’Élan with Max Jacob and Guillaume Apollinaire. The aim of the publication was to maintain the dialogue of the avant-garde for those who stayed in Paris during World War I. Disillusioned with Cubism by 1917, Ozenfant adopted a style of painting which emphasized order and precision which he called Purism. A year later, he collaborated with the architect Le Corbusier in articulating the theory of Purism in their book Après le Cubisme (1918). The artist went on to exhibit with Fernand Léger and established his own academy in Paris in 1932, before moving it to London in 1935, and New York in 1939. Ozenfant died on May 4, 1966 in Cannes, France. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Tate Gallery in London, among others.

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LE SOLEIL

Amédée Ozenfant

LE SOLEIL

Sale Date: April 4, 1990

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Composition, 1916–1916

Amédée Ozenfant

Composition, 1916–1916

Sale Date: April 3, 1990

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MERE ET ENFANTS

Amédée Ozenfant

MERE ET ENFANTS

Sale Date: March 30, 1990

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VARIATION DE SHAPE OF A PEBBLE, 1940–1940

Amédée Ozenfant

VARIATION DE SHAPE OF A PEBBLE, 1940–1940

Sale Date: November 23, 1989

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TABAGIE, NATURE MORTE

Amédée Ozenfant

TABAGIE, NATURE MORTE

Sale Date: November 19, 1989

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COMPOSITION AUX BOUTEILLES, VERRES ET..., 1930–1931

Amédée Ozenfant

COMPOSITION AUX BOUTEILLES, VERRES ET..., 1930–1931

Sale Date: November 19, 1989

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Mural, 1926–1926

Amédée Ozenfant

Mural, 1926–1926

Sale Date: May 10, 1989

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Tabagie, nature morte

Amédée Ozenfant

Tabagie, nature morte

Sale Date: April 4, 1989

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Nombreux objets, 1927–1927

Amédée Ozenfant

Nombreux objets, 1927–1927

Sale Date: November 30, 1988

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Le soleil, 1931–1931

Amédée Ozenfant

Le soleil, 1931–1931

Sale Date: June 29, 1988

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Nature morte aux verres, bouteilles et..., 1930–1931

Amédée Ozenfant

Nature morte aux verres, bouteilles et..., 1930–1931

Sale Date: June 28, 1988

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Petite étude pour 'Vie', 1931

Amédée Ozenfant

Petite étude pour 'Vie', 1931

Sale Date: May 17, 1988

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Nature morte aux verres et pipe, 1920–1920

Amédée Ozenfant

Nature morte aux verres et pipe, 1920–1920

Sale Date: June 30, 1987

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Mere en enfants, 1930–1931

Amédée Ozenfant

Mere en enfants, 1930–1931

Sale Date: June 30, 1987

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Bouteilles (études), 1919–1919

Amédée Ozenfant

Bouteilles (études), 1919–1919

Sale Date: June 30, 1987

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Variations on the shape of a pebble..., 1940–1940

Amédée Ozenfant

Variations on the shape of a pebble..., 1940–1940

Sale Date: February 12, 1987

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Composition puriste, 1925–1925

Amédée Ozenfant

Composition puriste, 1925–1925

Sale Date: November 20, 1986

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