COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Ozenfant House and Studio
Alternate Title:
Maison et atelier Ozenfant
Image View:
Side view, from rue Reille
Creator:
Le Corbusier (Swiss architect, 1887-1965)
Location:
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Location Note:
53 avenue Reille
Date:
1923-1924 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Modernist, Modern
Work Type 1:
house
Work Type 2:
studio (work space)
Classification:
architecture
Material:
concrete; stucco; glass
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; Artists' studios; Ozenfant, Amédée, 1886-1966
Description:
In late December 1917 or early 1918 a key event changed Le Corbusier's whole direction. He met the painter, critic and fashion expert Amédée Ozenfant, and within nine months they had put on an exhibition of paintings at the Galerie Thomas and published a booklet, Après le Cubisme, establishing the art movement Purism. Just over a year later, with the poet Paul Dermée, they founded the magazine L'Esprit nouveau (1920-1925), and during this period Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Arts and Crafts designer, became Le Corbusier, pioneer of the Modern Movement. Ozenfant's openness to new ideas allowed Le Corbusier to take liberties with practical arrangements, and the results offer some dramatic images, such as Ozenfant's pristine glazed cube of a studio. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier:
1A1-LC-O-B3
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Ozenfant House and Studio
