Biografie von Jean DUBUFFET (1901-1985)
Personal data
Birth : 07/31/1901 - Le Havre, France
Death : 05/12/1985 - Paris, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France
Education
1918 : Académie Julian – 31 rue du Dragon – Paris, France
Professional data
Work and Life
1967:Started his architectural structures.
1951 – 1952:Lived in New York NY, USA.
1924:He traveled to South America.
1923:He traveled to Italy.
1918:Lived in Paris, France.
During the 1940s, he associated with André BRETON, Georges LIMBOUR, Jean PAULHAN, Charles RATTON.
In Paris, he met Raoul DUFY, Max JACOB, Fernand LÉGER, Suzanne VALANDON.
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Acrylic - Mixed media - Oil/canvas
Sculpture-Volume :
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage - Gouache
Movements and styles
AbstractionSecond School of Paris - Abstraction France 1940-1965
Works
Idéoplasme XVI (L 20) | |
Date of creation : 1984 Medium : Acrylic/paper/canvas Size : 101 x 68 cm | |
Mire (Boléro) | |
Date of creation : 1983 Medium : Acrylic/paper Size : 67 x 100 cm | |
Site avec deux personnages(E 290) | |
Date of creation : 1981 Medium : Oil/paper/canvas Size : 50 x 50 x 68 cm | |
Site avec deux personnages | |
Date of creation : 1981 Medium : Acrylic/paper Size : 51 x 70 cm | |
Parachiffre XVII | |
Date of creation : 1974 Medium : Painting Materials : chinese ink-synthetic painting Supports : paper-canvas Size : 69 x 100 cm | |
Ustensiles Demeures Escaliers... | |
Date of creation : 1967 Medium : Print Size : 56 x 36 cm | |
Personnage au chapeau | |
Date of creation : 1962 Medium : Lithograph in colors Size : 56 x 38 cm | |
Gare Montparnasse Porte des Lilas | |
Date of creation : 1961 Medium : Gouache Materials : pencil-ink Size : 50 x 66 cm | |
La Gigue irlandaise | |
Date of creation : 1961 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 114 x 146 cm | |
Rue passagère | |
Date of creation : 1961 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 129 x 163 cm | |
L'eau dans le gaz | |
Date of creation : 1961 | |
Sourire | |
Date of creation : 1961 Medium : Lithograph in colors Size : 52 x 38 cm | |
Le plomb dans l'aile | |
Date of creation : 1961 Medium : Oil/canvas | |
La Danseuse | |
Date of creation : 1954 Medium : Assemblage Size : 58 x 16 x 15 cm | |
Le voyageur sans boussole | |
Date of creation : 1952 Medium : Oil/hardboard Size : 118 x 155 cm | |
Gymnosophie | |
Date of creation : 1950 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 97 x 146 cm | |
Corps de Dames | |
Date of creation : 1950 Medium : Painting | |
Le Métafiyx | |
Date of creation : 1950 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 116 x 89 cm | |
Le Géologue | |
Date of creation : 1950 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 97 x 130 cm | |
La bouche en croissant | |
Date of creation : 1948 Medium : Oil/canvas Materials : sand Size : 91 x 72 cm | |
Campagne heureuse | |
Date of creation : 1944 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 131 x 89 cm | |
Paysage vineux | |
Date of creation : 1944 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 125 x 95 cm | |
Le Métro(Cinq passages debout) | |
Date of creation : 1943 Medium : Gouache/paper Size : 34 x 30 cm | |
Bocal à vaches | |
Date of creation : 1943 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 92 x 65 cm | |
Le Métro | |
Date of creation : 1943 Medium : Gouache/paper Size : 37 x 30 cm | |
L'âne égaré | |
Medium : Collage Materials : organic material Size : 68 x 51 cm | |
Pierre Matisse, portrait obscur | |
Medium : Oil/canvas Materials : sand Size : 103 x 97 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2007
Galerie Fabien Boulakia – Paris, France
10/09/2007 – 12/09/2007
Les dix dernières années
Espace Rebeyrolle – Eymoutiers, France
07/01/2007 – 10/14/2007
2005
Jean Dubuffet et l’art brut
Museum Kunst Palast – Düsseldorf, Germany
2005 – 05/29/2005
2003
Jean Dubuffet: Trace of an adventure
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao / Guggenheim Museum Bilbao – Bilbao, Spain
11/11/2003 – 04/18/2004
Galerie Karsten Greve – Paris, France
09/12/2003 – 11/30/2003
2002
L’atelier Coucou Baren
Musée d’Unterlinden – Colmar, France
06/29/2002 – 10/20/2002
Jean Dubuffet, l’Atelier Coucou Bazar
Musée d’Unterlinden – Colmar, France
06/29/2002 – 10/20/2002
2001
Jean Dubuffet, une biographie au pas de course
Fondation Jean Dubuffet – Paris, France
10/05/2001 – 01/12/2002
Jean Dubuffet
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
09/13/2001 – 12/31/2001
1981
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
1981
1980
Rétrospective
Akademie der Künste – Berlin, Germany
1980
1966
Stedelijk Museum – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1966
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
1966
Tate Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1966
1964
Palazzo Grassi – Venice VE, Italy
1964
1962
The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
1962
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1962
1960
Musée des Arts Décoratifs – Paris, France
1960
1954
Rétrospective
Cercle Volney – Paris, France
1954
1947
Pierre Matisse Gallery – New York NY, United States
1947
1944
Galerie René Drouin – Paris, France
1944
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Applicat-Prazan – 16 Rue de Seine – Paris, France
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Waddington Galleries – 11 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Acquavella Galleries Inc. – 18 Esat 79th Street – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie Di Meo – 9 rue des Beaux Arts – Paris, France
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Pudelko – Heinrich-von-Kleist-Strasse 11 – Bonn, Germany
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Bernard Cats – 15 rue Ernest Allard – Brussels, Belgium
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Beyeler – Bäumleingasse 9 – Basel BS, Switzerland
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Peter Findlay Gallery – 41 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie H.S. Steinek – Himmelpfortgasse 22 – Vienna, Austria
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Beyeler – Bäumleingasse 9 – Basel BS, Switzerland
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Nathalie Seroussi – 34 Rue de Seine – Paris, France
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Bernard Cats – 15 rue Ernest Allard – Brussels, Belgium
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Plusgalleries – Wolstraat 23 – Antwerp, Belgium
Art Miami, n°12
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/04/2002 – 01/08/2002
Represented by : Evelyn Aimis Fine Art – 3012C South Ocean Boulevard – Highland Beach FL, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Beyeler – Bäumleingasse 9 – Basel BS, Switzerland
Art Toronto 2001 – TIAF Toronto International Art Fair
MTCC Metro Toronto Convention Centre – Toronto ON, Canada
10/11/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Bordas – Prova d’Artista – San Marco 1994/B – Venice VE, Italy
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Bernard Cats – 15 rue Ernest Allard – Brussels, Belgium
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie de France – 52, rue de la Verrerie – Paris, France
KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – Drususgasse 1-5 – Cologne, Germany
Arte Fiera – Mostra Mercato d’Arte contemporanea
Quartiere Fieristico – Bologna BO, Italy
01/25/2001 – 01/29/2001
Represented by : Galleria Maggiore – Via d’Aglezio 15 – Bologna BO, Italy
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Fabien Boulakia – 10 Avenue Matignon – Paris, France
2000
FIAC, n°27
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/25/2000 – 10/30/2000
Represented by : Galerie Bernard Cats – 15 rue Ernest Allard – Brussels, Belgium
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Tornabuoni Arte – Tornabuoni Arte Via Fatebenefratelli 36 – Milan MI, Italy
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Maxwell Davidson Gallery – 41 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
Artpalmbeach – Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
03/10/1999 – 03/15/1999
Represented by : Rachel Adler Fine Art – 1200 Broadway – New York NY, United States
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galerie Marwan Hoss – 12, rue d’Alger – Paris, France
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Evelyn Aimis Fine Art – 3012C South Ocean Boulevard – Highland Beach FL, United States
Group exhibitions
2004
Le feu sous la cendre
Geneva GE, Switzerland
2004 – 07/15/2004
2003
Paris 1945 bis 1965 – Metropole der Kunst. Malerei, Plastik, Graphik, Photographie
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz – Linz, Austria
12/11/2003 – 04/12/2004
Sept Lieux – Sept Matières
Hôtel du Département, Centre d’Art Présence Van Gogh, Château de l’Empéri, Galerie du Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, Musée de l’Arles Antique – Marseille, France
10/17/2003 – 01/15/2004
Carte blanche à Valère Novarina
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
04/23/2003 – 06/09/2003
Le Cabinet de Jean-Michel Alberola : le fait accompli
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Picardie – Amiens, France
03/07/2003 – 04/12/2003
2002
Claude Monet … bis zum digitalen Impressionismus
Fondation Beyeler – Riehen BL, Switzerland
03/28/2002 – 08/18/2002
De Cézanne à Dubuffet (collection Jean Planque)
Musée Cantini – Marseille, France
01/29/2002 – 05/05/2002
2001
Collection III, Abracadabrantesque…
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art contemporain Alsace – Sélestat, France
05/16/2001 – 08/12/2001
1984
Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1984
Bibliography (Selected)
By the artist
Books
1992
Lettres à un animateur de combats de densités liquides
Publisher: Les Editions Hesses – 4, rue Brigaudière – Saint-Claude-de-Diray, France
1992
On the artist
Periodicals
2001
GOLDBERG Itzhak – Dubuffet le sorcier
in: Beaux Arts Magazine n° 208
Paris, France
09/2001
BERREBI Sophie – L’Art contre la culture
in: Connaissance des Arts n° 586
Paris, France
09/2001
FRIMBOIS Jean-Pierre – Matière Dubuffet
in: Art Actuel n° 16 p. 12
Paris, France
09/2001-10/2001