Cubism theory through the writings of Albert Gleizes. However, the linking of basic geometric forms with inherent beauty and ease of industrial application—which had been prefigured by Marcel Duchamp from 1914—was left to the founders of Purism, Amédée Ozenfant and Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (better known as Le Corbusier,) who exhibited paintings together in Paris and published "Après le cubisme" in 1918. Le Corbusier's ambition had been to translate the properties of his own style of Cubism to architecture. Between 1918 and 1922, Le Corbusier concentrated his efforts on Purist theory and painting. In 1922, Le Corbusier and his cousin Jeanneret opened a
Gris Davies-Scourfield Gris Davies-Scourfield Brigadier Edward Grismond Beaumont 'Gris' Davies-Scourfield was a British Army officer who became a Prisoner of War and escaped from Stalag XXI-D and Colditz Castle during the Second World War. Gris Davies-Scourfield was born in Patching, Sussex on 8 August 1918, He was educated at Winchester and Sandhurst where he was awarded the King's Medal and the Anson Memorial Sword. He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the 60th Rifles 25 August 1938. He served in England until the outbreak of World War II where he was sent to France as a platoon commander participating in the defence