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Jean Dubuffet

1901 - 1985

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Dubuffet is the 131st most popular painter (up from 136th in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from France (up from 430th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Painter.

Jean Dubuffet was an artist who is most famous for his paintings and sculptures. He was born in 1901 in Le Havre, France. He was the son of a wine merchant and was educated in Paris. He was a member of the French Resistance during World War II. His work is often classified as Outsider Art.

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Among painters, Jean Dubuffet ranks 131 out of 2,023. Before him are Pierre Bonnard, Odilon Redon, Franz Marc, Gustave Moreau, Albrecht Altdorfer, and Hilma af Klint. After him are Arnold Böcklin, Zeuxis, André Derain, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Mark Rothko, and Charles Le Brun.

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Among people born in 1901, Jean Dubuffet ranks 26. Before him are Ernest Lawrence, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Giacometti, André Malraux, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and Joaquín Rodrigo. After him are Mohamed Naguib, J. D. Bernal, Max Euwe, Vincent du Vigneaud, Witold Pilecki, and Ricardo Zamora. Among people deceased in 1985, Jean Dubuffet ranks 13. Before him are Macfarlane Burnet, Orson Welles, Rodney Robert Porter, Italo Calvino, Fernand Braudel, and Carl Schmitt. After him are László Bíró, Simone Signoret, Philip Larkin, Rock Hudson, Simon Kuznets, and Margaret Hamilton.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Dubuffet ranks 410 out of 6,770. Before him are Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834), Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709), Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944), Charles, Count of Valois (1270), Patrice de MacMahon (1808), and Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635). After him are Paul Valéry (1871), Paul Sabatier (1854), Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952), Claude Bernard (1813), James I of Aragon (1208), and Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Jean Dubuffet ranks 36. Before him are William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), Georges de La Tour (1593), Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), Pierre Bonnard (1867), Odilon Redon (1840), and Gustave Moreau (1826). After him are André Derain (1880), Charles Le Brun (1619), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824), Émile Bernard (1868), Jean Fouquet (1420), and Fernand Léger (1881).

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