Jean Dubuffet vs. Vincent van Gogh
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Jean Dubuffet
1901 – 1985
Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet was a French painter and sculptor of the École de Paris. His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced so-called "low art" and eschewed traditional standards of beauty in favor of what he believed to be a more authentic and humanistic approach to image-making. He is perhaps best known for founding the art movement art brut, and for the collection of works—Collection de l'art brut—that this movement spawned.
"It pleased me to juxtapose brutally, in these feminine bodies, the extremely general and the extremely particular, the metaphysical and the grotesque trivial. I…"
Vincent van Gogh
1853 – 1890
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose expressive use of color and brushwork profoundly influenced 20th-century art; his notable works include Starry Night and Sunflowers.
"It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is…"
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