Jean Dubuffet

1901 - 1985

The French painter and sculptor Jean Dubuffet was born in Le Havre on July 31, 1901, the son of a wealthy wine merchant family. While still at school, he attended drawing classes at the École des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre, and in 1918 he went to Paris to attend the Académie Julian. After these artistic beginnings, Jean Dubuffet nevertheless became a wine merchant and worked for many years in his father's wine wholesale business.

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Watercolor / Drawing: 52
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Photography: 1
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