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Born in Payerne, Switzerland, Jules Doudin came from a family of ten children. When he was 11, his life was marked by his father’s suicide. To meet his needs, Jules left school very young and found employment as farmhand, labourer and railway employee. In 1910, aged 23, he was confined to the asylum at Cery-sur-Lausanne as a result of problems with alcoholism. He escaped a few days later but was re-admitted the following year.
After 20 years of hospitalisation he embarked on graphic production, which he pursued assiduously for several months before stopping abruptly, taking it up again intermittently over a ten-year period.
He would draw figures, animals, imaginary beings and self-portraits in lead pencil, annotating his compositions. As support he used small notebooks made from beige-coloured wrapping paper intended for the manufacture of bags.
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Jules Doudin
The Art Brut Fascicle N°10
The Art Brut Fascicle N°10, 18 x 24 cm, 150 ill. black/white or color, about 160 pp. Since 1964 to 2018. In French. One fascicle CHF 30.-
Price Complete collection, 25 fascicles (N°2 - N°26) : CHF 720.-
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Art Brut Swiss Made (DE)
Swiss Made, l’Art Brut en Suisse, sous la direction de Sarah Lombardi, Collection de l’Art Brut (Lausanne), 2018, disponible en Français, allemand, anglais et italien.
Art Brut Swiss Made (FR)
Swiss Made, l’Art Brut en Suisse, sous la direction de Sarah Lombardi, Collection del’Art Brut (Lausanne), 2018, disponible enFrançais, allemand, anglais et italien.
Art Brut Swiss Made (EN)
Swiss Made, l’Art Brut en Suisse, sous la direction de Sarah Lombardi, Collection de l’Art Brut (Lausanne), 2018, disponible en Français, allemand, anglais et italien.
Art Brut Swiss Made (IT)
Swiss Made, l’Art Brut en Suisse, sous la direction de Sarah Lombardi, Collection de l’Art Brut (Lausanne), 2018, disponible en Français, allemand, anglais et italien.
Visages (in french)
Marc Décimo, Sarah Lombardi and Pascal Roman, Faces, Lausanne/Milan, Collection de l’Art Brut/5 Continents Editions, 2023, « Art Brut, la collection », under the direction of Sarah Lombardi, 153 pages, over 100 color plates, available in French or English.
Faces (inenglish)
Marc Décimo, Sarah Lombardi and Pascal Roman, Faces,Lausanne/Milan, Collection de l’Art Brut/5 Continents Editions, 2023, « Art Brut, la collection », under the direction of Sarah Lombardi, 153 pages, over 100 color plates, available in French or English.
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Art Brut in Switzerland – From the Origins of the Collection to the Present
The exhibition Art Brut in Switzerland – From the Origins of the Collection to the Present, celebrating 50 years of creation and artistic freedom, between unknown masterpieces and fascinating stories, where Switzerland saw the birth of an aesthetic revolution.
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