July 31, 1901

According to MOMA Jean Dubuffet (July 31, 1901 to May 12, 1985):

French painter, sculptor, printmaker, collector and writer. He was temperamentally opposed to authority and any suggestion of discipline and devised for himself a coherent, if rebellious, attitude towards the arts and culture. For all his maverick challenges to the values of the art world, Dubuffet’s career exemplified the way in which an avant-garde rebel could encounter notoriety, then fame and eventual reverence. His revolt against beauty and conformity has come to be seen as a symptomatic and appreciable influence in 20th-century culture.
A Man With a Cat by Jean Dubuffet (1943) shows to me simply the originality by which all art is judged.  



This drawing predates Dubuffet's use of the term Art Brut to describe his work.  Here is a detailed timeline of his life which is informative.