Born this day in 1901, Jean Dubuffet is the founding father of Art Brut. Rejecting traditional fundamentals of art and institutionalised culture, he was interested in art produced by people working outside of aesthetic norms, such as children, prisoners and psychiatric patients. His oeuvre includes paintings, collages, sculptures and monuments and he remains to date one of the most controversial post-war French artists in history. __ Pictured: "Siphonus" (1971), Acrylic on Klegecell, 180 x 80 cm
