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 futur, 1949–1950

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Le futur, 1949–1950

Sale Date: March 22, 2012

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Nature morte, 1925

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Nature morte, 1925

Sale Date: November 3, 2011

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Coucher de soleil, 1957–1958

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Coucher de soleil, 1957–1958

Sale Date: February 9, 2011

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Bouquet de fleurs, 1909

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Bouquet de fleurs, 1909

Sale Date: February 9, 2011

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Le couple, 1929

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Le couple, 1929

Sale Date: June 17, 2010

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Le couple, 1929

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Le couple, 1929

Sale Date: November 24, 2010

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Femme et enfant, 1927

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Femme et enfant, 1927

Sale Date: November 23, 2010

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Rayons sur les nues (+ Mondbeschienene..., 1904

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Rayons sur les nues (+ Mondbeschienene..., 1904

Sale Date: November 12, 2010

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Nature morte, 1926

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Nature morte, 1926

Sale Date: November 3, 2010

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Nature morte en gris à la bouteille verte, 1921

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Nature morte en gris à la bouteille verte, 1921

Sale Date: June 23, 2010

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Nature morte géométrique à la bouteille, 1916

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Nature morte géométrique à la bouteille, 1916

Sale Date: June 23, 2010

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Le bain

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Le bain

Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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Rayons sur le nues (+ Mondbeschienene..., 1904

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Rayons sur le nues (+ Mondbeschienene..., 1904

Sale Date: November 13, 2009

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Etude de bols (study), 1953

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Etude de bols (study), 1953

Sale Date: April 8, 2009

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Le bain

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Le bain

Sale Date: July 29, 2009

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Sans titre, 1957

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Sans titre, 1957

Sale Date: July 2, 2009

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Etude de bols, 1953

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Etude de bols, 1953

Sale Date: April 8, 2009

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Couple, 1929

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Couple, 1929

Sale Date: July 3, 2008

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Nature morte, 1925

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Nature morte, 1925

Sale Date: July 2, 2008

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Le pichet blanc, 1926

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Le pichet blanc, 1926

Sale Date: June 26, 2008

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Etoiles jumelles, 1959

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Etoiles jumelles, 1959

Sale Date: March 12, 2008

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Couple

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Couple

Sale Date: January 19, 2008

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Trois figures, 1947

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Trois figures, 1947

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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Nature morte (from Après le Cubisme), 1925

Amédée Ozenfant

Nature morte (from Après le Cubisme), 1925

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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