Jean Dubuffet was a seminal French artist known for his prints as well as his primal figures and sculptures of vernacular subjects.
Dubuffet’s adoption of the term Art Brut or raw art, referred to the art of children, prisoners, and the mentally ill, was a reaction to what he called “art culturel” or refined art. It was his desire to break from tradition by implementing rudimentary mark-making and emulsions made from sand, tar, and trash, as seen in his work Grand Maitre of the Outsider (1946).
“A work of art is only of interest, in my opinion, when it is an immediate and direct projection of what is happening in the depth of a person's being,” the artist said. “It is my belief that only in this Art Brut can we find the natural and normal processes of artistic creation in their pure and elementary state.”
Born on July 31, 1901, in Le Havre, France, Dubuffet went on to study at the Académie Julian in Paris. While at school his peers included Raoul Dufy, Suzanne Valadon, and Fernand Léger. In 1918, after attending classes for only six months Dubuffet dropped out. Taking over his father’s wine business in 1924, he didn’t return to making art until the early 1940s. The artist would go on to form the Compagnie de l’Art Brut with André Breton and Slavko Kopač.
Dubuffet died on May 12, 1985, in Paris, France, at the age of 83. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
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H 29.93 in W 22.45 in
1968 Original Serigraphy by Jean Dubuffet - Ecrits et lithographies
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in PARIS, FR
Original Serigraphy Jean Dubuffet, a French painter and sculptor renowned for his bold and unconventional approach to art, played a crucial role in shaping modernism and contemporar...
Paper, Lithograph, Screen
Site avec 2 personnages
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Miami, FL
Between 1981 and 1982, Jean Dubuffet produced 500 small paintings on paper, later titled Psycho-sites. These works depict indeterminate places inhabited by unspecific characters. In ...
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
$1,412
H 9.85 in W 6.3 in D 0.04 in
Jean Dubuffet - Le Hochet - Original Screenprint
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Dubuffet Banque de L'Hourloupe Original Card with a title card Original edition of 350 numbered sets with 30 hors commerce Dimensions: 25 x 16 cm Screen printed by Kelpra Studios, London Editions Alecto, London 1967 Jean Dubuffet (1901 - 1985) Jean Dubuffet was born on July 31, 1901, in Le Havre, France. He attended art classes in his youth and in 1918 moved to Paris to study at the Académie Julian, which he left after six months. During this time, Dubuffet met Raoul Dufy, Max Jacob, Fernand Léger, and Suzanne Valadon and became fascinated with Hans Prinzhorn's book on psychopathic art. He traveled to Italy in 1923 and South America in 1924. Then Dubuffet gave up painting for about ten years, working as an industrial draftsman and later in the family wine business. He committed himself to becoming an artist in 1942. Dubuffet's first solo exhibition was held at the Galerie René Drouin, Paris, in 1944; the Pierre Matisse Gallery gave him his first solo show in New York in 1947. During the 1940s, the artist associated with André Breton, Georges Limbour, Jean Paulhan, and Charles Ratton...
Screen
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
H 12.4 in W 9.65 in
Jean Dubuffet, The Warrior, from XXe Siecle, 1958
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985), titled Le Guerrier (The Warrior), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXe Annee, No. 10 (double), Mars 1958, originates...
Lithograph
$1,117
H 25.2 in W 17.72 in D 0.04 in
Lit d'épluchures - Original Lithograph by Jean Dubuffet - 1959
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Roma, IT
Lit d'épluchures is an original B/W lithograph realized by the French founder of Art Brut, Jean Dubuffet. Very good condition. Image Dimensions: 51 x 30 cm. The artwork represent...
Lithograph
Rocaille - Lithograph by Jean Dubuffet - 1959
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Roma, IT
Rocaille is an original lithograph on watermarked paper "Arc". Abstract composition by the French artist Jean Dubuffet. From the album of "Territoires" (1953-1959). In excellent cond...
Lithograph
Epiphanor
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in New York, NY
Created as a screenprint in colors by Jean Dubuffet in 1973, Epiphanor is from the Présences Fugaces series, is hand-monogrammed, dated and numbered in pencil and measures 29 ¾ x 21 ...
Screen
$855
H 25.2 in W 18.12 in D 0.04 in
Congrès Poudreux - Lithograph by Jean Dubuffet - 1959
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Roma, IT
Congrès Poudreux is an original B/W lithograph from the album Sies et Chausseèes by the French founder of Art Brut, Jean Dubuffet. Very good condition. Edition of 24 specimens. Im...
Lithograph
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