Jean DuBuffet

Jean DuBuffet Biography:
Jean Dubuffet was born July 31, 1901, in Le Havre, France, the son of a wealthy wine merchant. He attended art classes in his youth and in 1918 moved to Paris to study at the Academie Julian, which he left after six months. During this time, Dubuffet met Raoul Dufy, Max Jacob, Fernand Leger, and Suzanne Valadon and became fascinated with Hans Prinzhorn's book on psychopathic art. He traveled to Italy in 1923 and South America in 1924. Then, Dubuffet gave up painting for about ten years, working as an industrial draftsman and later in the family wine business. He committed himself to becoming an artist of art, prints and posters in 1942.  >>click here for more