FINE ART : PAINTINGS

Title: Femme et Bébé (1956)
Object Name: Painting
Maker: Dubuffet, Jean 1901-1985 (Primary maker)
Dubuffet, Jean 1901-1985 (artist)
Date Made: 1956
1956
Description: Born in Le Harve, Dubuffet moved to Paris in 1918, where he briefly studied art but remained largely self-taught. His real career as a painter began after the Second World War when he developed a deliberately untutored style which sought to emulate the power and immediacy of art produced by children or indigenous societies. ‘Art brut’ is a French term that translates as 'raw art', which Dubuffet invented to describe art such as graffiti or naïve art which is made outside the academic tradition of fine art.
Materials: oil on canvas
Catalogue Number: BELUM.U524
Copyright: © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2017.

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