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Art Brut Definition
Art Brut is a French word meaning “raw art”. The word was coined by Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) in 1945, when he referred to the art works of naive artists like children and the mentally ill. As they did not conform to any norms of the work and made it for mere pleasure, greater honesty and inherent power were attributed to it. While collecting these art works, Dubuffet himself was motivated to infuse such raw artistic elements in his own work. Sometimes, he made pictures with pastes, including mud, asphalt, or broken glass.
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