Jean Dubuffet
Jean Dubuffet Jean Dubuffet, Court les rues, 1962, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI. An example of a non-painterly Dubuffet painting Born (1901-07-31)31 July 1901 Le Havre, France Died 12 May 1985(1985-05-12) (aged 83) Paris, France Nationality French Known for Painting, Sculpture Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (31 July 1901 – 12 May 1985) was a French painter and sculptor. 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.