Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet was born on July 31, 1901 in Le Havre/France, the son of a wealthy wine dealer. He is one of the most prominent representatives of French post -war art , as a painter, draftsman, print graphic artist and sculptor.
In particular, he achieved international fame through his way of the destruction of the Second World War with layered material images.
Jean Dubuffet (1901 - 1985) was a French painter and sculptor and is considered a master of European modernity . Dubuffet's work is characterized by a reaction against prevailing ideas of high culture, beauty and good taste.
For over four decades, he was both productive and keen to experiment and expressed his creativity in many forms, including writing and music. He used a variety of artistic techniques, including painting, drawing, print graphics, large-format outer sculptures and work that combines painting, sculpture , dance and theater with live performances.
School and professional career
After the elementary school, he graduated from high school (1918) and then went to Paris, where he studied language and music and literature. He broke off this studies at the Académie Julian after 6 months. He wanted to become a painter and teach himself to paint.
Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
After his military period (1923), his doubts about the cultural values gave him the painting (1924). He traveled to Buenos Aires for a year and returned to Le Havre in 1925 to enter his father's wine trade.
Return to painting
It was not until 1942, after a long break and 3 years as a soldier in World War II, that he finally found painting for painting. Dubuffet sold the wine business to only devote itself to art. As early as 1944 and 1945, he presented his works in the René Drouin gallery in Paris.
In his first phase of work, Dubuffet follows the reduced -shaped, real proportions Ignoring painting naive and childlike art . His works show, for example, rural idylls with cyclists that pass the grazing cows in the landscape .
Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
In the early post -war period he obtained international fame, especially in the United States, where he "primitive" Pierre Matisse gallery in New York . To look at and collect works of unknown artists, Dubuffet and his friends Jean Paulhan and Paul Budry their way to Switzerland.
Retension of the kind of brood. "Dubuffet's list" in the Prinzhorn collection shows Dubuffets view of the art of mentally ill. The Fondation Beyeler shows over 100 large work from him.
Development of the art direction Art brood
In 1945 the artist shaped the term "art brood" . He consistently collected works by naive artists, children and mentally handicapped people. During his trip to Switzerland, where he visited psychiatric institutions, he became aware of the works of Adolf Wölfli , Aloyse Corbaz and Heinrich Anton Müller . He joined for an art that lacked any relation to the art world and was free of academic roots.
By acquiring the work OG artist, he created the foundation for the later world -famous exhibition "Collection de l 'Art brut". Through the collection of art of mentally ill and other social outsiders, Dubuffet became the main representative of the "Outsider Art" .
Works of art by Jean Dubuffet
Barbican curator Eleanor Nairne takes us on a tour of her highlights from Jean Dubuffet: brutal beauty.
The exhibition celebrated the French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985), one of the most unique and provocative voices in the art of post-war modernity. He shouted at conventional ideas of beauty and tried to capture the poetry of everyday life in a dark, more authentic way.
This is the first major overview of his work in Great Britain for over 50 years, which shows four decades of his career, from early portraits and fantastic statues to butterfly assemblies and huge colorful canvases.
Barbican Art Gallery until August 22, 2021 .
Works of art by Jean Dubuffet on Pinterest:
Jean Dubuffet: Urban Imagination
Curator Dr. Sophie Berrebi introduces "Jean Dubuffet and the City" at Hauser & Wirth Zurich, the first presentation that focuses on researching the role of the city in Dubuffet for four decades of artistic achievements and emphasizes the changing representation of urban characters and visual by the artist, as well as the experimental dynamics of Paris.
With over 50 significant paintings, work on paper, architecture and sculpture models from the 1940s to 1980s, the exhibition of Dubuffet's vision shifts reveals from the representation of imagination and evocation to design an urban imagination, and enables a new understanding of the artistic work and the importance of the city.
Dr. Sophie Berrebi, extraordinary professor (UD1) at the University of Amsterdam, is a art historian and specializes in the work of Dubuffet and contemporary art. In 2017, she recruited the exhibition "Jean Dubuffet: The Deep End" in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
An extensive scientific publication entitled "Dubuffet and the City. People, Place and Urban Space" , researched and written by Dr. Berrebi and published by Hauser & Wirth Verlag, accompanies the exhibition.
All images: © Adagp, Paris and DACS, London 2018
Documentary recordings from "The Artist's Studio: Jean Dubuffet". With the kind permission of Michael Blackwood Productions.
Exhibitions - a history:
- 1944: Galerie René Drouin, Paris
- 1945: Gallery René Drouin, Paris
- 1947: Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
- 1954: Retrospective, Cercle Volney, Paris
- 1959: Documenta 2 in Kassel
- 1957: Retrospective, Morsbroich Castle, Leverkusen
- 1962: Robert Fraser Galerie, London
- 1964: L'Hourloupe, Palazzo Grassi, Venice
- 1964 Documenta 3 in Kassel
- 1968 Documenta 4 in Kassel
- 1973: Retrospective, Guggenheim Museum, New York
- 1980: Retrospective, Academy of Arts, Berlin
- 1980: Museum of modern art, Vienna
- 1980: Kunsthalle, Cologne
- 1981: Exhibition for the 80th birthday, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
- 1985: Retrospective, Fondation Beyeler, Basel
- 1998: Gallery Karsten Greve, Cologne
- 2009: Kunsthalle of the Hypo Culture Foundation, Munich [6]
- 2009: Galerie Beyeler, Basel
- 2016: Jean Dubuffet - Metamorphoses of the Landscape, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen
- 2017: Jean Dubuffets Art Brut! The beginnings of his collection. An exhibition of the Collection de l'Art brood, Lausanne, Museum Gugging, Maria Gugging
- 2021: Jean Dubuffet. Brutal Beauty - Barbican Gallery, London
Development and growth of Art brood
- 1947: Foundation of the first art brut art gallery, the foyer de l 'art brut - in collaboration with Michel Taipié.
- 1947: Foundation of the Companie de l'Art brut association, the aim of which is to collect, explore and make outsid art.
- 1949: Exhibition of the collection of Art Brut works (200 works by 63 artists) in the Renè Drouin gallery
- 1951: Emigration of the Art Brut Collection to East Hampton, where she was looked after by the artist Alfonso Ossorio.
- 1959: Dubuffet was again packed by his passion for collecting and extensively expanded the kind of brood collection.
- 1962: Return of the Collection del 'Art Brut to Paris. Unfortunately, only selected visitors were allowed here because this domicile was reserved for research purposes and the public had no access.
- 1967: Exhibition of the collection in the Musée des Arts Décoratif. In the following years, Art Brut Collection rose remarkable again.
- 1971: Appearance of the Catalogue de l 'Art brood. 4104 works by 133 artists were listed here.
- 1975: Dubuffet gave his collection of the city of Lausanne (15,000 objects).
- 1976: Exhibition of the Collection del 'Art Brut in Lausanne in a public museum.
- 1979: Hiking exhibition for the Arts Council of Great Britain
Autobiography and death of the artist Jean Dubuffet
In the last year before his death, Jean Dubuffet wrote his autobiography . He died on May 12, 1985 in Paris. His estate is managed by the Foundation Dubuffet in Paris, where you can also visit your former studio. Jean Dubuffet was a wine dealer, painter, sculptor, writer, collage and action artist.
Jean Dubuffet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
He did not follow the western ideas of morality and aesthetics in the artistic field and had the opinion that art does not require any academic education. The pictures of the main representative of Art Brut were partly criticized as barbaric. Dubuffet's Art Brut Collection is now managed in Lausanne in the Collection de l 'Art Brut .
Jean Dubuffets Top 10 tips for artists
Jean Dubuffet believed that art was there for everyone. He was inspired by cave paintings, graffiti and creations of children, tattoo artists, detained artists and patients in psychiatry and played with unconventional materials, making his studio a kind of laboratory. But his most important advice was clear: paint them brave !
Do you feel inspired? Take a look at the top 10 tips for Jean Dubuffet artists.
Directed: Daniel D. Moses
Important links and sources:
- Jean Dubuffet at artfacts.net
- Fondation Dubuffet, Paris
- Works and exhibitions in the Moma
- Jean Dubuffet at Artnet - Available works of art
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