Sentences with phrase «eschewed traditional beauty»
French painter, sculptor, and writer Jean Dubuffet is known for his longstanding opposition to authority and his rebellious attitude towards fine art, exemplified by his vocal admiration of and support for «low art» that eschewed traditional beauty in favor of truth and authenticity.
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Dubuffet (1901 — 1985) eschewed traditional notions of beauty in art in favor of what he perceived as more authentic forms of expression, inspired by graffiti, children's drawings, and the creations of psychiatric patients.
His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced so called» Low Art» and eschewed traditional standards of beauty in favor of what he believed to be a more authentic and humanistic approach to image making.