Knowra Jean Dubuffet Jean Dubuffet Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985) was a French painter and sculptor who developed Art Brut, championing art made outside established cultural and academic traditions.
Art Brut : Art made outside established cultural institutions and conventions, especially by self-taught creators. Dubuffet coined the term and collected works that shaped this category.
Corps de dame : A series of paintings by Dubuffet depicting female bodies as coarse, flattened, textured forms. The series makes his rejection of idealized figure painting especially visible.
La Fabuloserie : A French museum founded by Alain Bourbonnais to exhibit unconventional and outsider art. Its collection grew from the independent-art tradition Dubuffet helped establish.
Aloïse Corbaz : A Swiss artist whose vivid drawings became a major part of the Collection de l’Art Brut. Dubuffet recognized and collected her work as a central example of Art Brut.
Art Brut in Switzerland : The institutional history of Art Brut in Switzerland, centered on the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne. Dubuffet’s collection became a lasting museum and research resource there.
Outsider art : Art produced outside professional art institutions, often by self-taught artists. This later category overlaps with Art Brut but does not fully match Dubuffet’s definition.
L’Hourloupe : A visual cycle by Dubuffet using fragmented forms outlined in black and filled with red, blue, and white. This late style extended his experiments from paintings into environments and sculpture.
Collection de l’Art Brut : A Lausanne collection of works gathered by Dubuffet and later opened as a museum. It preserves the body of work assembled to support his concept of Art Brut.
Adolf Wölfli : A Swiss artist known for densely detailed drawings, writings, and musical compositions. Dubuffet’s collection helped establish Wölfli as a defining Art Brut creator.
Outsider Art Fair : An annual art fair devoted to outsider art, founded in New York in 1993. Its market shows how work once framed against the art world entered commercial institutions.
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