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  |  | DUBUFFET Jean (1901-1985) "We must leave aside all habits." 
    
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    |  |  | Jean DUBUFFET, a few dates |  |  
 
	
    | 1901 | born in Le Havre (France) on July 31 1901 |  
    | 1942 | dedicates himself to painting |  
    | 1944 | first personal exhibition organized at the René Drouin gallery in Paris |  
    | 1948 | creates the Art brut movement with André Breton, Michel Tapié and Jean Paulhan |  
    | 1955 | settles in Vence and works on collage, painting fragments... |  
    | 1958 | works on lithography until 1962 |  
    | 1961 | Paris circus cycle |  
    | 1962 | works on the Hourloupe period by fragment painting until 1974 |  
    | 1975 | creates the Dubuffet Foundation in Paris |  
    | 1985 | died on May 12 1985 in Paris |  |