Genre
Painting, drawing, collages, sculpture, happenings. Development of „Art brut“.
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Born 1901 in Le Havre. Died 1985 in Paris.
until 1918 | Studied at the Académie Julien in Paris | starting in
1942 | Dubuffet devoted his time to painting again | 1948 | Foundation of the "Compagnie de l´art brut" | since 1962 | Development of the artistic language „Hourloupe“; figurative-abstract cellular writing | 1971 | Donated his Art Brut collection to the city of Lausanne |
Solo exhibitions (selection) 2004 | Budapest, Ludwig Museum, Jean Dubuffet | 2003 | Bilbao, Guggenheim, Jean Dubuffet | | Salzburg, Rupertinum, Museum der Moderne, Jean Dubuffet | 1998 | Cologne, Galerie Karsten Greve | 1985 | Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Retrospective | 1981 | New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Exhibition on the occasion of the 80th Birthday | 1980 | Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Retrospectives | | Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst | | Cologne, Joseph-Haubrich Kunsthalle | 1973 | New York, Guggenheim Museum, Retrospective | 1964 | Venice, Palazzo Grassi, L´Hourloupe | 1957 | Leverkusen, Schloss Morsbroich, Retrospective | 1954 | Paris, Cercle Volney, Retrospective | 1947 | New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery | 1944, 1945 | Paris, Galerie René Drouin |
Group exhibitions (selection) 2004 | Emden, Kunsthalle, Expressive Bildwelten - Die Schenkungen Otto van de Loo | 2003 | Linz, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Paris 1945 bis 1965 | | Dusseldorf, Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Altenbourg, Ernst, Wols, Dubuffet | | Graz, Neue Galerie, SUPPORT 1 - Die Neue Galerie als Sammlung | | Bremen, Neues Museum Weserburg, Die Fondation Maeght | | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Gogh Modern | | Paris, FRAC, Les 20 ans des FRAC | | Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Expressiv! |
Collections (selection)
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Fondation Beyeler, Basel
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk/Copenhagen
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
Reina Sofía, Madrid
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Tate Modern, London
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
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