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)
Feu d'artifices, 1955

Amédée Ozenfant

Feu d'artifices, 1955

Sale Date: December 15, 2014

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Étude de ciel, Voilier sur la mer soleil..., 1910

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Étude de ciel, Voilier sur la mer soleil..., 1910

Sale Date: November 19, 2014

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Feu d'artifices, 1955

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Feu d'artifices, 1955

Sale Date: June 20, 2014

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Feu d'artifices, 1955

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Feu d'artifices, 1955

Sale Date: June 20, 2014

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Sur la rivière, 1955

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Sur la rivière, 1955

Sale Date: May 11, 2014

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Scène du rue, 1913

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Scène du rue, 1913

Sale Date: May 11, 2014

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Silhouettes enlacées

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Silhouettes enlacées

Sale Date: March 21, 2014

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Nature morte (study), 1921

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Nature morte (study), 1921

Sale Date: March 26, 2014

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Jeune femme nue se coiffant

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Jeune femme nue se coiffant

Sale Date: December 4, 2013

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Composition puriste - jeu de mains, 1927–1928

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Composition puriste - jeu de mains, 1927–1928

Sale Date: December 4, 2013

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St. Moritz Fog

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St. Moritz Fog

Sale Date: November 16, 2013

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Nature morte puriste, 1921

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Nature morte puriste, 1921

Sale Date: July 7, 2013

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Harmoniques, 1960

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Harmoniques, 1960

Sale Date: June 13, 2013

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Black Mountain, 1945

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Black Mountain, 1945

Sale Date: June 4, 2013

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Ombre, 1966

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Ombre, 1966

Sale Date: June 4, 2013

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Pichet sur fond rouge

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Pichet sur fond rouge

Sale Date: March 29, 2013

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Feu d'artifice à Cannes, 1955

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Feu d'artifice à Cannes, 1955

Sale Date: March 29, 2013

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Le Couple, 1931

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Le Couple, 1931

Sale Date: March 29, 2013

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Maternité or Mère et Fille, 1930

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Maternité or Mère et Fille, 1930

Sale Date: February 6, 2013

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Voilier, 1963

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Voilier, 1963

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Trompe la lune

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Trompe la lune

Sale Date: November 8, 2012

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Jetée blanche et bateau noir, 1957

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Jetée blanche et bateau noir, 1957

Sale Date: October 24, 2012

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Sisteron, 1928

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Sisteron, 1928

Sale Date: May 31, 2012

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Amour, 1930

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Amour, 1930

Sale Date: April 4, 2012

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