Le Purisme

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

 

Fernand Léger The Mechanic oil on canvas 45 1/2 x 34 1/2 in. 1920

After the war, Picasso is painting harlequins. Gris is aping Cézanne. What you want is a fresh start, and unless you are Léger, you're just starting.

In five years you find (with Le Corbusier) a solid architecture of middle tones. Ozenfant, a white void.

Amédée Ozenfant Still Life with Bottles oil on canvas 51 1/8 x 38 1/4 in. 1922

 

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