Jean Dubuffet was a French painter and sculptor, and one of the most influential postwar European artists. Dubuffet coined the term “Art Brut” (“raw art”), describing work made from outside “normal culture”, influencing artists like Jean Michelle Basquiat, Anselm Kiefer, and John Chamberlain. Dubuffet is important not because he refined the canon, but because he disrupted it. His legacy lies in his ability to redefine artistic value around authenticity, expression, and inclusivity, long before those became buzzwords in the contemporary art world.