Jun Dobashi was born in Tokyo in 1910. He studied at the art academy there in 1933 later moving to Paris from 1938-39. Dobashi returned once more to France to stay from 1953 to 1969, which is why he is usually perceived as a Franco-Japanese artist. Jun Dobashi's work is abstract and close to European Informel. Not just a painter, Dobashi also earned a reputation as a lithographer.