Académie Moderne
The Académie Moderne, formerly known as Académie Léger–Ozenfant, was a free art school in Paris. It was founded by Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant in 1924. The school attracted students from Europe and America.
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Both Léger and Ozenfant taught there, along with Aleksandra Ekster, Otte Sköld, and Marie Laurencin. Notable students included Tarsila do Amaral, Florence Henri, Blanche Lazzell, Nadia Khodasevich Léger, and Clay Spohn.
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• Name — Académie Moderne • Former Names — Académie Léger–Ozenfant • Type — Private art school • Established — 1924 • Founders — Fernand Léger, Amédée Ozenfant • Address — 86, rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs • City — Paris • Country — France
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- 1.Fernand Léger — the life and art of a Modernist master. Christie's.
- 2.Musée d'Art Américain (Giverny). A Transatlantic Avant-garde: American Artists in Paris, 1918-1939. University of California Press. 2003. 978-0-520-24207-4.
- 3.Brill. A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950. 7–8. 2019. 978-90-04-38829-1.
- 4.Amédée Ozenfant. Guggenheim.
- 5.Otte Sköld. Lexikonett amanda.
- 6.Léger, Fernand. Fernand Léger: Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Febr. 15 - May 12, 1998 F Organized by Carolyn Lanchner; with Essays by Carolyn Lanchner, Jodi Hauptman and Matthew Affron; and Contrib. by Beth Handler and Kristen Erickson. The Museum of Modern Art. 268. 1998. 978-0-87070-052-1.
- 7.Du Pont, Diana. Florence Henri: Artist-photographer of the Avant-garde. Museum of Modern Art. 129. 1990. 0-918471-17-6.
- 8.Doll, Susan M. Blanche Lazzell: The Life and Work of an American Modernist. West Virginia University Press. 20. 2004. 0-937058-84-X.
- 9.Wanda Chodasiewicz-Grabowska (Nadia Léger). Culture.pl.
- 10.R. R. Bowker LLC. Who's Who in American Art. 535. 1976. 978-0-8352-0850-5.
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