Le Foyer de l’Art Brut

At Expo Chicago, The Gallery of Everything recreates Jean Dubuffet’s revolutionary 1947 Le Foyer de l’Art Brut: the groundbreaking Parisian salon which shocked the European art world and introduced them to the concept of art brut (which would in turn give birth to so-called outsider art).

The presentation showcases such legendary figures as Gaston Chaissac (1910 - 1964), Aloïse Corbaz (1886 - 1964) and Adolf Wölfli (1864 - 1930), alongside rare historic works and sculptures by Juva (1887 - 1961), Jan Křížek (1919 - 1985) and Antoine Rabany (Les Barbus Muller).

It was Le Foyer de l’Art Brut which inspired Dubuffet’s 1951 Chicago lecture - Anti-Cultural Positions - opening the eyes of young artists like Jim Nutt (b 1938) and Roger Brown (1941 - 1997) and leading them to the discovery of autodidacts Henry Darger (1892 - 1973) and Joseph Yoakum (1891 - 1972).

Le Foyer de l’Art Brut is accompanied by a presentation of original documents and publications.

Prices range from $5,000 to $350,000, with highlights including an exclusive textured painting by Jean Dubuffet, a portrait of critic and author Michel Tapié, and paintings owned by surrealist André Breton.

Artist List:

Brassaï (1899 - 1984)
Marguerite Burnat-Provins (1872 - 1952)
Gaston Chaissac (1910 - 1964)
Aloïse Corbaz (1886 - 1964)
Fleury-Joseph Crépin (1875 - 1948)
Jules Doudin (1844 - 1946)
Jean Dubuffet (1901 - 1985)
Auguste Forestier (1887 - 1958)
Eugène Gabritschevsky (1893 - 1979)
Madge Gill (1882 - 1961)
Pierre Giraud (1913 - 1988)
Joaquim Vicens Gironella (1911 - 1997)
Émile Josome Hodinos (1853 - 1905)
Hector Hyppolite (1894 - 1948
Juva (Prince Antonin Juritzky) (1887 - 1961)
Slavko Kopač (1913 - 1995)
Jan Křížek (1919 - 1985)
Augustin Lesage (1876 - 1954)
Albert Lubaki (1895 - 1954)
Francis Palanc (1928–2015)
Antoine Rabany (Les Barbus Müller) (1844 - 1919)
Émile Ratier (1894 -1984)
Henri Salingardes (1872 - 1947)
Victor Simon (1903 - 1976)
Adalbert Trillhaase (1858 - 1936)
Scottie Wilson (1891 - 1972)
Adolf Wölfli (1864 - 1930)
Carlo Zinelli (1916 -1974)
Masks of Lötschental (c 19th - 20th)