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Ozenfant

American  
[oh-zahn-fahn] / oʊ zɑ̃ˈfɑ̃ /

noun

  1. Amédée 1886–1966, French painter and writer, in the U.S. after 1938.


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Williams Speaking of art, we wanted to take you to see the mosaic at 240 Central Park South by Ozenfant.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2020

He did Purism too, further sanitizing the cleaned-up version of Cubism espoused by Le Corbusier and Amédée Ozenfant.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2010

To spread their new credo of Purism, Jeanneret and Ozenfant started the magazine L'Esprit nouveau.

From Time Magazine Archive

To Ozenfant, modern painting began with Cezanne, who "broke away from nature."

From Time Magazine Archive

He had become the inseparable companion of an artist named Am�d�e Ozenfant, and at the advanced age of 31, Jeanneret began to paint too.

From Time Magazine Archive