Amédée Ozenfant the magazine "L’Elan", which he edited until 1916, and his theories of Purism began to develop. He met the Swiss architect and painter Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier) in 1917, and they jointly expounded the doctrines of Purism in their book "Après le cubisme". Its publication coincided with the first Purist exhibition, held at the Galerie Thomas in Paris in 1917, in which Ozenfant exhibited. There was a further collaboration between them on the journal "L’Esprit nouveau", which was published from 1920 to 1925. A second Purist exhibition was held at the Galerie Druet, Paris, in 1921 in which Ozenfant again
Albert Edouard Gilou Albert Edouard Gilou Albert Edouard "Bertie" Gilou (1910-1961) was a French art collector and founding art director of the magazine "". He was also art director of the magazine "Realités" from 1950 to 1961. Gilou was a descendant of Charles Sedelmeyer on his mother's side, and his father, Pierre Gilou, was a tennis player who captained the French Tennis Federation and won the Davis Cup five times. Gilou was raised in a highly motivating environment, and was given art and music lessons. In 1939, Gilou graduated from the Paris École des Beaux-Arts with a degree in architecture. He was awarded