Jean Dubuffet Art Brut

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Jean Dubuffet was born in1901 in Le Havre, France. He couldn’t finish is art education, and wavered for year between doing art and working at his families wine business. He was attracted to the art of children and the mentally ill, and coined the art calling it “Art Brut” which means raw art. Most of his early work was influenced by of the outsider artist and also shaped by the interest of that of post-war associat3d with the Art Informel movement. He also developed a radically new, graphic style, which he called “Hourloupe” but he his best known for the thick textured and gritty surfaces of his pictures. He was born into a middle-class family that distributed wine, he was well educated but came to reject his studies, and instead preferred to educate himself by reading Dr. Hans Prinzhorn, who created a collection of art work that was art of that of asylum inmates and children. That their artwork is savage, or based on animal instinct, and primal instinct that connected all living things. This would have a strong influence on his artwork in his later career. …show more content…

He rebelled against academia and took a stance in anti-art and anti-culture refusing to be restricted by categories, but after attending school for six month when he withdrew from the academy. He took over his family’s wine business and continued his self-study. He found peace with the everyday people of the country and believed the meaning in living simple life with a focus on music (Jazz) and poetry. He didn’t start seriously pursuing his art career until he was 41 years old after being a successful

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