(French: “raw art”). A term coined by French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985) to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture, such as graffiti, folk art, and the work of the mentally ill, prisoners and children. See also: outsider art.

Carlo Zinelli. Untitled. Gouache on paper. 1961. Collection de l’Art Brut. Lausanne, Switzerland.