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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Ships at Port, 1947

Amédée Ozenfant

Ships at Port, 1947

Sale Date: April 11, 2024

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Whites ou Composition à la cruche et au verre, 1942

Amédée Ozenfant

Whites ou Composition à la cruche et au verre, 1942

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Amour, 1931

Amédée Ozenfant

Amour, 1931

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Le ciel aux yeux bleux, ou Paysage à l'arc..., 1929

Amédée Ozenfant

Le ciel aux yeux bleux, ou Paysage à l'arc..., 1929

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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Nature morte puriste, 1921–1922

Amédée Ozenfant

Nature morte puriste, 1921–1922

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Maternité à la cruche, 1928, 1928

Amédée Ozenfant

Maternité à la cruche, 1928, 1928

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Variation on the shape of a pebble..., 1940

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Variation on the shape of a pebble..., 1940

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Sans titre [Couple et enfants au bord de la mer]

Amédée Ozenfant

Sans titre [Couple et enfants au bord de la mer]

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Étude pour Harmoniques, 1946, 1946

Amédée Ozenfant

Étude pour Harmoniques, 1946, 1946

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Étude avec personnages, 1940, 1940

Amédée Ozenfant

Étude avec personnages, 1940, 1940

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Le Futur, 1949–1950

Amédée Ozenfant

Le Futur, 1949–1950

Sale Date: June 6, 2023

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Virages de yachts, 1963

Amédée Ozenfant

Virages de yachts, 1963

Sale Date: April 20, 2023

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Variation on the shape of a pebble [Variation...

Amédée Ozenfant

Variation on the shape of a pebble [Variation...

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Sans titre [Couple et enfants au bord de la mer]

Amédée Ozenfant

Sans titre [Couple et enfants au bord de la mer]

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Maternité à la cruche, 1928

Amédée Ozenfant

Maternité à la cruche, 1928

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Étude pour Harmoniques, 1946

Amédée Ozenfant

Étude pour Harmoniques, 1946

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Étude avec personnages, 1940

Amédée Ozenfant

Étude avec personnages, 1940

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Vie

Amédée Ozenfant

Vie

Sale Date: February 25, 2023

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Étude avec personnages, 1940

Amédée Ozenfant

Étude avec personnages, 1940

Sale Date: February 25, 2023

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Baigneurs sur une plage

Amédée Ozenfant

Baigneurs sur une plage

Sale Date: February 25, 2023

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Variation on the shape of a pebble..., 1940

Amédée Ozenfant

Variation on the shape of a pebble..., 1940

Sale Date: February 25, 2023

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Sans titre [Couple et enfants au bord de la mer]

Amédée Ozenfant

Sans titre [Couple et enfants au bord de la mer]

Sale Date: February 25, 2023

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Étude pour Harmoniques, 1946

Amédée Ozenfant

Étude pour Harmoniques, 1946

Sale Date: February 25, 2023

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Maternité à la cruche, 1928

Amédée Ozenfant

Maternité à la cruche, 1928

Sale Date: February 25, 2023

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