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.

Amédée Ozenfant Artworks

Amédée Ozenfant (353 results)
La tornade au coucher du soleil, 1886–1966

Amédée Ozenfant

La tornade au coucher du soleil, 1886–1966

Sale Date: October 31, 2017

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NATURE MORTE, TABAGIE, 1960

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NATURE MORTE, TABAGIE, 1960

Sale Date: October 21, 2017

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Verreries dans un ovale - Nature morte puriste, 1925

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Verreries dans un ovale - Nature morte puriste, 1925

Sale Date: May 30, 2017

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Étude - Deux verres, 1919

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Étude - Deux verres, 1919

Sale Date: May 11, 2017

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NATURE MORTE PURISTE AUX DEUX VERRES, 1923

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NATURE MORTE PURISTE AUX DEUX VERRES, 1923

Sale Date: May 17, 2017

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Étude - Deux verres, 1919

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Étude - Deux verres, 1919

Sale Date: November 17, 2016

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Nature morte, 1916

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Nature morte, 1916

Sale Date: November 17, 2016

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Composition puriste, 1925

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Composition puriste, 1925

Sale Date: November 17, 2016

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BOUTEILLES ET ARCHITECTURE, 1924–1925

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BOUTEILLES ET ARCHITECTURE, 1924–1925

Sale Date: November 15, 2016

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Verrerie, 1925

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Verrerie, 1925

Sale Date: October 4, 2016

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Orage sur la mer

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Orage sur la mer

Sale Date: June 22, 2016

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Verres et bouteilles en bleu, 1926

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Verres et bouteilles en bleu, 1926

Sale Date: June 23, 2016

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Étude verres et bouteilles

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Étude verres et bouteilles

Sale Date: June 9, 2016

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Baigneuses au promontoire, 1931

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Baigneuses au promontoire, 1931

Sale Date: June 24, 2016

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FEMME ET ENFANT, 1927

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FEMME ET ENFANT, 1927

Sale Date: June 1, 2016

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NATURE MORTE, VERRERIES, 1922

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NATURE MORTE, VERRERIES, 1922

Sale Date: May 10, 2016

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Vase et bouteille, 1925

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Vase et bouteille, 1925

Sale Date: February 3, 2016

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Le sommeil, 1931

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Le sommeil, 1931

Sale Date: February 5, 2016

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LE FLACON - NATURE MORTE PURISTE, 1925

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LE FLACON - NATURE MORTE PURISTE, 1925

Sale Date: December 7, 2015

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VASES, 1925

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VASES, 1925

Sale Date: November 6, 2015

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Nature morte puriste, 1925

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Nature morte puriste, 1925

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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Etude pour Maternité, 1941

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Etude pour Maternité, 1941

Sale Date: September 22, 2015

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Femme et enfant, 1928

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Femme et enfant, 1928

Sale Date: June 3, 2015

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Fugue, guitare et architecture, 1922

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Fugue, guitare et architecture, 1922

Sale Date: May 6, 2015

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