Art brut
Art Brut stands out as one of the most singular and radical movements in the history of modern art, designating creations produced outside of any academic training or conventional cultural conditioning. Coined by Jean Dubuffet in the 1940s, the term encompasses the works of self-taught artists, individuals confined to psychiatric institutions, prisoners, and social outcasts, whose artistic practice completely escapes the traditional circuits of art and its codes of legitimation.
Dubuffet, fascinated by this raw creativity uncontaminated by dominant culture, assembled a considerable collection, now housed at the Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne, laying the groundwork for the gradual institutional recognition of these long-ignored practices.
Figures like Adolf Wölfli, whose obsessively dense graphic compositions span thousands of pages, Aloïse Corbaz with her colorful and lyrical worlds, and Henry Darger with his stunningly expansive illustrated stories, exemplify the diversity and power of a creative movement that draws upon the deepest resources of the individual imagination.
Far from being a marginal phenomenon, Art Brut has profoundly influenced numerous modern and contemporary artists, from Dubuffet himself to Jean-Michel Basquiat, who were drawn to this creative energy freed from all formal constraints.
On Artsper, this selection brings together works that bear witness to the richness and singularity of this world, encompassing expressive power, formal freedom, and the exploration of the most intimate territories of the human imagination.
Robert Combas
Fine Art Drawings . 29.5 x 18 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.6 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
€2,950
André Robillard
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,400
Brigitte Derbigny
Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€800
Bazooka Joe, Gangster of Art
Fine Art Drawings . 38 x 45 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
Bazooka Joe, Gangster of Art
Fine Art Drawings . 38 x 45 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
Robert Combas
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,290
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings . 61 x 86 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 33.9 x 0 inch
€2,000
Brigitte Derbigny
Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€800
André Robillard
Fine Art Drawings . 54 x 68 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.3 x 26.8 x 0 inch
€2,800
Guyodo (Frantz Jacques)
Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 15.7 inch
€1,900
Brian Calvin
Fine Art Drawings . 33.2 x 14.9 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.1 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
€7,469
Bazooka Joe, Gangster of Art
Fine Art Drawings . 38 x 45 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
Baptiste Laurent
Fine Art Drawings . 110 x 150 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 43.3 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
€2,500
Yvon Taillandier
Fine Art Drawings . 59.5 x 84 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.4 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
€1,200
Germain Van der Steen
Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 6.3 x 0 inch
€850
Brigitte Derbigny
Fine Art Drawings . 65.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€800
Guyodo (Frantz Jacques)
Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 15.7 inch
€1,900
André Robillard
Fine Art Drawings . 127 x 57 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 22.4 x 0 inch
€5,000
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings . 26 x 43 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.2 x 16.9 x 0 inch
€2,000
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings . 128 x 102 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 50.4 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch
€4,000
Robert Combas
Fine Art Drawings . 29.5 x 18 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.6 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
€2,950
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings . 55.6 x 36.6 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.9 x 14.4 x 0.1 inch
€990
Duván López
Fine Art Drawings . 84 x 69.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 33.1 x 27.4 x 0 inch
€3,600
Michel Macréau
Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€8,500
Bazooka Joe, Gangster of Art
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 32 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 12.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
Mark Pérez Ortiz
Fine Art Drawings . 117 x 86 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 46.1 x 33.9 x 1.2 inch
€13,400
Clemens Briels
Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 26.7 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 10.5 x 0.2 inch
€1,120
Guyodo (Frantz Jacques)
Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 15.7 inch
€1,900
Brigitte Derbigny
Fine Art Drawings . 65.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€800 €720
Robert Fontene
Fine Art Drawings . 12.1 x 16.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 4.8 x 6.6 x 0 inch
€380
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€850
Bazooka Joe, Gangster of Art
Fine Art Drawings . 46 x 37 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.1 x 14.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
Bazooka Joe, Gangster of Art
Fine Art Drawings . 33 x 40 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
Nino Devdariani
Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 14.6 x 0 inch
€2,000
Catherine Bessin
Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 26 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
€300
Robert Combas
Fine Art Drawings . 33 x 23.5 x 0.8 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13 x 9.3 x 0.3 inch
€5,500
Bazooka Joe, Gangster of Art
Fine Art Drawings . 38 x 45 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
Bazooka Joe, Gangster of Art
Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 38 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 15 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings . 61 x 86 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 33.9 x 0 inch
€2,000
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 10.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.9 x 4.1 inch
€600
Guyodo (Frantz Jacques)
Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 15.7 inch
€1,900
André Robillard
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€1,600
Alejandro Moretti
Fine Art Drawings . 22.5 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.9 x 11.4 x 0 inch
€180
Herve Malcom Thomas
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€240
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Fine Art Drawings . 33 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€80 €72
Catherine Bessin
Fine Art Drawings . 26 x 32 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.2 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
€300
