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

Abstraction
Second 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

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