Amédée Ozenfant

Amédée Ozenfant (15 April 1886 –4 May 1966) was a French cubist painter. He was born into a bourgeois family in Saint-Quentin, Aisne and was educated at Dominican colleges in Saint-Sébastien. After completing his education he returned to Saint-Quentin and began painting in watercolour and pastels. In 1904 he attended a drawing course run by Jules-Alexandre Patrouillard Degrave at the Ecole Municipale de Dessin Quentin Delatour in Saint-Quentin. I... more

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  • Apr 15, 1886

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  • May 4, 1966 (age 80 years)

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