Académie Moderne Explained

Académie Moderne
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Type:Private art school
Founder:Fernand Léger, Amédée Ozenfant
Address:86, rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs
City:Paris
Country:France
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The Académie Moderne was a free art school in Paris. It was founded by Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant in 1924.[1] The school attracted students from Europe and America.[2] [3] Both Léger and Ozenfant taught there, along with Aleksandra Ekster and Marie Laurencin.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fernand Léger — the life and art of a Modernist master . Christie's . 2 January 2020 . en.
  2. Book: Musée d'Art Américain (Giverny) . A Transatlantic Avant-garde: American Artists in Paris, 1918-1939 . 2003 . University of California Press . 978-0-520-24207-4 . en.
  3. Book: A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950 . 2019 . Brill . 978-90-04-38829-1 . 7–8 . en.
  4. Web site: Amédée Ozenfant . Guggenheim . 2 January 2020.