Jean Dubuffet

Vicissitudes, 1977
Wikipedia - "Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (31 July 1901 – 12 May 1985) was a French painter and sculptor. 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. ...  Dubuffet achieved very rapid success in the American art market, largely due to his inclusion in the Pierre Matisse exhibition in 1946. His association with Matisse proved to be very beneficial. Matisse was a very influential dealer of contemporary European Art in America, and was known for strongly supporting the School of Paris artists. Dubuffet's work was placed among the likes of Picasso, Braque, and Rouault at the gallery exhibit, and he was only one of two young artists to be honored in this manner. A Newsweek article dubbed Dubuffet as the 'darling of Parisian avant-garde circles,' and Greenberg wrote positively about Dubuffet's three canvasses in a review of the exhibit. ..."
Wikipedia
MoMA, PACE
NYBooks: The Art of Instinct
Sotheby's: Jean Dubuffet – The Butterfly Man (Video)
YouTube: A Short History of Artist Jean Dubuffet, Jean Dubuffet The Asylum. Helly Nahmad London at Frieze Masters 2015, Jean Dubuffet - The Deep End, Jean Dubuffet at Sotheby's, NYC (Nov 2009)

Jean Dubuffet in his studio in Venice, France, 1959.

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