Between 1945 and 1947, Dubuffet took three separate trips to Algeria-a French colony at the time-in order to find further artistic inspiration.
Influenced by Hans Prinzhorn's book Artistry of the Mentally Ill, Dubuffet coined the term art brut (meaning "raw art," often referred to as 'outsider art') for art produced by non-professionals working outside aesthetic norms, such as art by psychiatric patients, prisoners, and children.