Full Name Bernard Buffet Role Painter Name Bernard Buffet | Nationality French Period Expressionism | |
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Born 10 July 1928 ( 1928-07-10 ) Paris, France Education Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts Awards Member of the Salon d'Automne, 1947Member of the Societe des Artistes Independants, 1947Prix de la Critique, 1948Prix Puvis de Chavannes, 1950Officer of the Legion d'Honneur,1973Member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts, 1974 Artwork Paravent, L'EGLISE, Lys et jacinthes, Don Quichotte Spouse Annabel Buffet (m. 1958–1999), Annabel Schwob (m. 1958–1999) Children Nicolas Buffet, Danielle Buffet, Virginie Buffet Similar People Annabel Buffet, Pierre Berge, Eugene Boudin, Yves Saint Laurent | ||
Bernard buffet
Bernard Buffet ([byfɛ]; 10 July 1928 – 4 October 1999) was a French painter of Expressionism and a member of the anti-abstract art group L'homme Témoin (the Witness-Man).
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- Bernard buffet
- Selling of the bernard buffet for 56 580
- Life and work
- Theme exhibitions selection
- Awards
- Collections selection
- References
Selling of the bernard buffet for 56 580
Life and work
Buffet was born in Paris, France, and studied art there at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (National School of the Fine Arts) and worked in the studio of the painter Eugène Narbonne. Among his classmates were Maurice Boitel and Louis Vuillermoz.
Sustained by the picture-dealer Maurice Garnier, Buffet produced religious pieces, landscapes, portraits and still-lifes. In 1946, he had his first painting shown, a self-portrait, at the Salon des Moins de Trente Ans at the Galerie Beaux-Arts. He had at least one major exhibition every year. Buffet illustrated "Les Chants de Maldoror" written by Comte de Lautréamont in 1952. In 1955, he was awarded the first prize by the magazine Connaissance des Arts, which named the ten best post-war artists. In 1958, at the age of 30, the first retrospective of his work was held at the Galerie Charpentier.
Pierre Bergé was Buffet's live-in lover until Bergé left Buffet for Yves Saint Laurent.
On 12 December 1958, Buffet married the writer and actress Annabel Schwob. His daughter Virginie was born in 1962, and later, daughter Danielle in 1963. His son Nicolas, was born in 1973, the same year that he was named "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur".
On 23 November 1973, the Bernard Buffet Museum was founded by Kiichiro Okano, in Surugadaira, Japan.
At the request of the French postal administration in 1978, he designed a stamp depicting the Institut et le Pont des Arts – on this occasion the Post Museum arranged a retrospective of his works.
Buffet created more than 8,000 paintings and many prints as well.
Buffet committed suicide at his home in Tourtour, southern France, on 4 October 1999. He was suffering from Parkinson's disease and was no longer able to work. Police said that Buffet died around 4 p.m after putting his head in a plastic bag attached around his neck with tape.