biografía de Amédée OZENFANT (1886-1966)

Lugar de nacimiento: Saint Quentin, France

Lugar de defunción: Cannes, France

Direcciones: Came to U.S. in 1938, settling in NYC; Cannes, France, 1955

Profesión: Painter, writer, educator, lecturer

Estudios: in France.

Exposiciones: CI, 1935, 1936; WFNY 1939; AIC, 1945, 1947. Awards: Officier ordre des arts et lettres, Legion d'Honneur, France, 1922

Asociaciones: Fed. Mod. P&S

Obra: Guggenheim Mus.; MMA; AIC; SFMA; PMA; MoMA; Mus. Art Moderne, Paris; Providence, RI; Moscow, Russia; San Fran., CA; Wash., DC; Stockholm & Lund, Sweden; Chicago; Minneapolis, MN; Tate Gal., London.

Comentarios: In Paris in 1918, Ozenfant and Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (later called Le Corbusier) introduced their version of the machine aesthetic, Purism," as a challange to Cubism. In conjunction with this they published their manifesto Après le Cubisme ("After Cubism"). Ozenfant later turned his attention to mural painting. Teaching: French Inst., Univ. Paris, London, 1936-38; Univ. Washington, 1938-39; New Sch. for Social Research, NY, 1938-39; Univ. Michigan, 1940; Yale Univ., 1938-41; CUA Sch., 1939-40; Harvard Univ., 1941; Ozenfant Sch. FA, NYC, 1939-55; Atelier Ozenfant, Cannes, France. Contrib.: L"Encyclopedie Française, 1935; L"Encyclopedie Photographique de L"Art, 1936. Ed.: L'Elan; 1915-17; L"Esprit Nouveau 1920-25. Auth.: Après le Cubisme (1918); Foundations of Modern Art; Peinture Moderne; Leben und Gestaltung; Journey Through Life.

Fuentes: WW66; WW47."