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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Autograph Letter by Jean Dubuffet - 1957
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Roma, IT
This is a Autograph Letter Signed by Jean Dubuffet and addressed to Nesto Jacometti. Vence, November 28th, 1957. One page, single-sided. On watermarked paper. In French. excellent c...
Paper, Ink
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
$1,000
H 13.75 in W 11 in
Pink Cosmos Monotype Print, Abstract Art, 2023, Hand-Pulled by the Artist
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
In the artist's abstract print series, Cosmos, 2023 by a.muse represents an imaginary cosmos - the universe as a place of longing, dreams, wonder, and ethereal beauty. A 13.75" x 11"...
Ink, Rag Paper, Monotype, Gouache
$2,605
H 29.93 in W 43.71 in
Untitled, Series Comets - Contemporary Expressive Painting, Conceptual Art
By Urszula Wilk
Located in Hallein, AT
The artwork is signed (see last photo) and will be shipped rolled in a tube. Urszula Wilk – artist statment: I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$2,605
H 30.71 in W 43.71 in
Untitled - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art
By Urszula Wilk
Located in Hallein, AT
The artwork is signed (see last photo) and will be shipped rolled in a tube. Urszula Wilk – artist statment: I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$2,605
H 42.13 in W 30.71 in
Untitled - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art
By Urszula Wilk
Located in Hallein, AT
The artwork is signed (see last photo) and will be shipped rolled in a tube. Urszula Wilk – artist statment: I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$2,605
H 43.71 in W 30.32 in
Untitled - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art
By Urszula Wilk
Located in Hallein, AT
The artwork is signed (see last photo) and will be shipped rolled in a tube. Urszula Wilk – artist statment: I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$2,605
H 29.93 in W 44.1 in
Untitled - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art
By Urszula Wilk
Located in Hallein, AT
The artwork is signed (see last photo) and will be shipped rolled in a tube. Urszula Wilk – artist statment: I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Ink & Watercolor Abstract - Locks
Located in Houston, TX
Engaging abstract ink and watercolor painting of metal locks against a black background, 1980s. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$3,553
H 78.75 in W 57.49 in
Untitled 2 - Contemporary Abstract Large Format Painting
By Aleksandra Batura
Located in Hallein, AT
The artwork will be shipped rolled up in a cardboard tube Aleksandra Batura (b. 1982 in Augustów) a Warsaw based artist. She earned a Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of ...
Paper, Ink
$800
H 22.05 in W 29.93 in D 1.19 in
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Gradisimo
By Sumit Mehndiratta
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic ink and acrylic paint on archival watercolor paper Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science...
Canvas, Acrylic, Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
"The Designers" Mixed-Media Collage
By Patrick Fitzgerald 1
Located in Chicago, IL
This work entitled “The Designers” by Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald continues his series of abstract “track paintings,” initially born as the imagined racetracks navigated ...
Canvas, Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
Through Matter
By Virginia Candler
Located in New Orleans, LA
Born and raised in Atlanta, Virginia Candler studied art history and English at Vanderbilt University. After working in education, she began pursuing her life-long interest in making...
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Acrylic
$16,500
H 88 in W 62 in
"Pendulum" -- Abstract painting by Aimée Farnet Siegel on canvas, 2023
By Aimée Farnet Siegel
Located in New Orleans, LA
Driven by her love of materials and process, New Orleans artist Aimée Farnet Siegel works with color, line, and form through the building and manipulation of paper, paint, and canvas...
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic