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Jean Dubuffet

1901–1985

Large Black Landscape 1946
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Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ filip aʁtyʁ dybyfɛ]; 31 July 1901 – 12 May 1985) was a French painter and sculptor of the École de Paris (School of Paris). His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced so-called "low art" and eschewed traditional standards of beauty in favor of what he believed to be a more authentic and humanistic approach to image-making. He is perhaps best known for founding the art movement art brut, and for the collection of works—Collection de l'art brut—that this movement spawned. Dubuffet enjoyed a prolific art career, both in France and in America, and was featured in many exhibitions throughout his lifetime.

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Man in a Cap

Jean Dubuffet
1953

Fern in the Hat

Jean Dubuffet
1953
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Gold and Shadow [from ‘Land Registry’]

Jean Dubuffet
1958, published 1960
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Typist [from ‘Matter and Memory’]

Jean Dubuffet
1944, published 1945
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Peopling of the Lands

Jean Dubuffet
1953

Leaves with Bird

Jean Dubuffet
1953
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Inhabited Landscape

Jean Dubuffet
1946

Man with a Hod

Jean Dubuffet
1955–6
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