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Bernard Buffet was born on July 10, 1928 in France.
Buffet's paintings for the Chapel of Chateau d'Arc representing scenes from the life of Christ, are permanently exhibited in the Modern Art Galleries of the Vatican Museum.
Bernard Buffet hs achieved world-wide renown and his considered one of France's most important painters of the twentieth century.
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 Bernard Buffet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bernard Buffet was born in Paris and studied art there at the "Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux arts" (National School of the Fine Arts) and worked in the studio of the painter Narbonne.
Bernard Buffet was married to the writer Annabel Buffet (née Schwob).
One of Buffet's disciples, Jean Claude Gaugy[1], was the father of Linear Expressionism.
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Bernard Buffet worked non-stop and what always stands out in his paintings is the incredible balance he was able to strike, whether his work dealt with still life, the ocean, New York, Paris, insects, Annabel, bull fighting, landscapes, clowns or self-portraits.
Bernard Buffet’s works are timeless, an ever-present quality running through the ensemble of the artist’s work.
Bernard Buffet remains, without a doubt, one of the highest valued painters of the 20th century.
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 Bernard BUFFET ( 1928 - 1999 ) - Peintre Francais - French Painter
Bernard Buffet is recognised as a master in his art, and his paintings are collected in the most famous museums around the world.
Bernard Buffet's style can be recognised among others by a network of "dry" straight lines grey faces, wrinkled foreheads, scarce straight hair, tensed hands.
Exceptional engraver, Bernard Buffet chisels his own copper plates, he is also recognised for his remarkable book's illustrations with for instance "La voix humaine" of Cocteau, and the decoration he realised for Serge Lifar Ballets in Paris Opera-Garnier.
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 Bernard Buffet
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) was a French artist whose figurative prints express a sense of anxiety associated with the philosophical movement known as Existentialism.
Buffet was born in Paris on July 10, 1928.
Buffet's genius lies in his synthesis of modern pictorial forms, with traditional techniques and subject matter.
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 Obituary: Bernard Buffet Independent, The (London) - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Buffet discovered him at Manosque, where the painter had sought refuge from cruel and ignorant attacks on his first successes by prejudiced and wall-eyed Parisian critics.
Buffet was also a spirited architectural draughtsman, and his huge fl- and-white, austerely stylised portraits of famous buildings are at once recognisable as only his.
Bernard Buffet was suffering from Parkinson's disease, and he had informed his family and agent that he intended to embrace voluntary death as soon as his new exhibition, dedicated to the theme of death, was ready.
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 Bernard Buffet Biography
Buffet referred to German Expressionism - especially its pessimistic elements - to the mystic asceticism of early Christian cultures and the poetical rigorousity of Japonism.
Buffet was in first place of a poll by the journal ‚Connaissance' which appreciated the ten best post-war artists in 1955.
In 1981 Buffet visited Japan, where he was regarded as a man of some account, for the first time.
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 Buffet, Bernard - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Buffet's melancholy paintings are characterized by a prominent fl line and grayed, muddied colors.
Bernard BUFFET in his studio, on the right a portrait of his wife Annabelle.
Parmi les spectateurs, au centre: Shirley MACLAINE, actrice amcaine, Bernard BUFFET, peintre frans et Annabelle son use.
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 Bernard Buffet : at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag | Art Knowledge News
Buffet trained in drawing and painting at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he enrolled in December 1943 at the age of only 15.
Although Buffet was seen at the beginning of his career as a trend-setting artist, the tide later turned.
Despite the wide variety of subjects and the criticism that Buffet endured during his lifetime, what emerges is the artist’s invariable fidelity to his own highly distinctive figurative style of painting and illustrating.
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 Bernard Buffet - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Buffet, Bernard (1928-1999), French painter, whose figurative paintings and prints express a sense of anxiety associated with the philosophical...
Landry, Bernard, born in 1937, former premier of the province of Québec, Canada (2001-2003) and a leader of the drive toward independence for Québec.
Berenson, Bernard (1865-1959), American art critic and writer, regarded during his lifetime as the world's foremost expert on Italian Renaissance...
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 Bernard Buffet biography and fine art prints
Bernard Buffet was born in Paris where, except for summer holidays, he spent his childhood and went to school.
He showed early talent for drawing and was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1944 at the age of sixteen.
Buffet does not like "pretty" art but prefers instead the work of such masters as David, Rembrandt, Delacroix, Courbet, Vlaminck, Gros, and Soutine.
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 Bernard Buffet Online
Robert Rienzo is the Bernard Buffet expert in the United States since 1980.
Bernard Buffet copyright requests handled by the Artists Rights Society.
All images and text on this Bernard Buffet page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
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Bernard Buffet a également été qualifié de peintre figuratif opposé aux abstraits d'une part, mais aussi, et surtout, aux peintres qui pratiquaient le réalisme socialiste.
Buffet's take on the maritime port is not a common one; though traditionally a hub of human activity this port is deserted and eingmatic, a play perhaps on the early works of de Chirico in which a tone of ambiguity was the artistic goal.
Although by 1972 Buffet had adjusted his style from the highly desolate works of the forties there is still a tension to his later work.
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 Bernard Buffet, Modern Prints at Kass/Meridian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) French painter, etcher and lithographer, was born in Paris and received recognition and a major critical award at only 20 years old.
Buffet's works covered a wide variety of subjects, such as landscapes, cityscapes, portraits and still lifes.
Some of his most famous lithographs were of city scenes of Paris and New York and another of Buffet's favorite themes was the Circus and its inhabitants, especially clowns, which he explored in several media.
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 BERNARD BUFFET
Bernard Buffet, le peintre français le plus célèbre d’après-guerre à l’étranger, s’est suicidé dans sa maison de Tourtour dans le Var le 4 octobre 1999.
Buffet, 71 ans, souffrait de la maladie de Parkinson et n’arrivait plus à travailler normalement depuis quelques mois.
Sa première exposition eut lieu en 1947 et Buffet fut vite acclamé comme le meilleur peintre français figuratif de l’après-guerre.
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 Bernard Buffet: een omstreden oeuvre
Buffet studeert tekenen en schilderen op de Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts’ in Parijs en exposeert al op 17-jarige leeftijd in een Parijse galerie.
Vanaf die tijd is zijn ster rijzende: de kritieken zijn lovend en zijn werk wordt de hierop volgende jaren opgenomen in bijna alle belangrijke Parijse exposities.
In de zestiger jaren viert abstractie hoogtij en raakt Buffets nog altijd figuratieve werk in kunstkringen omstreden.
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 Bernard Buffet Lithographs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Buffets are effective for serving large numbers of people.
While serving oneself at a meal has a long history, the modern buffet was developed in France in the 18th century, soon spreading throughout Europe.
When the possession of gold and silver has been a measure of solvency of a regime, the display of it, in the form of platesand vessels, is more a political act than a gesture of conspicuous consumption.
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 Bernard Buffet famous artist information
'''Bernard Buffet''' was an acclaimed French artist by the age of twenty, with a highly distinctive sketchy style.
Buffet's work had a consistent somber mood that accurately mirrored the atmosphere of the post-war period.
Buffet worked unceasingly throughout his life, producing religious pieces, landscapes, portraits and still-lifes with at least one major exhibition each year of his life until he committed suicide in [[1999]].
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 Bernard Buffet - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
French painter Bernard Buffet attained recognition as an artist when he was very young.
In this phase he was influenced by the miserabilisme movement: his compositions, all grays and dull whites, had a somber mood.
Buffet's subjects have tremendous range, especially in later works, and include still-lifes, interior scenes, and views of such cities as New York, Paris, and London.
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 Bernard Buffet Bibliography, Lithographs & Etchings signed by Bernard Buffet
Bernard Buffet was born July 10, 1928 in Paris.
In 1947, Bernard Buffet's personality was revealed by his first angular characters, which classified him as a "Miserabilist de GRUBER and Francois ROUAULT" (expressionist movement)
This new artistic personality is recognised; B. Buffet's style is born.
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 Art Galleries: Oil Paintings from Michel Kouliche, Bernard Buffet, Daniel Peccoux, Leni-Dael, Salomon and more 19th and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
He was admitted in "Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts" at the age of 15, then introduced among collectors by the painter "Aujame" and rewarded "Prix de la critique" (Critics Award) at 20 years old.
Bernard Buffet is recognized as a master in his art, and his paintings are collected in the most famous museums around the world.
Before you buy a painting from Bernard Buffet please come and visit Carel Gallery.
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 bernard buffet - Buy, sell or trade Bernard Buffet artwork at Doubletake Gallery!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
bernard buffet is an artist whom we continue to market on a regular basis.
bernard buffet is currently an artist that Doubletake Gallery handles on a world-wide basis.
bernard buffet is one of several dozen artists who's work can be bought, sold or traded through our website.
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 Buffet Bernard, original lithographs and etchings, prints
« Bernard Buffet », A. Avila, Casterman, 1989
Biography : Bernard Buffet was born in Paris in 1928.
He is not yet sixteen years old when he follows studies of drawing given by the Town of Paris; its course passes for 2 years by the Art schools, then the young artist asserts his independence.
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 Bernard Buffet: From Here To Eternity-VHS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
A vice, not a play thing." The artist has been the butt of some fierce criticism over the years, especially in his native France where an icy silence surrounds his name, but his popularity and success around the globe have continued.
An obsessive painter and a complex man, Buffet now leads an almost reclusive life in Provence with Annabel, his wife of forty years and a much-painted model and muse.
A talented writer and the person closest to him, her contribution to this film, both in interview and in extracts from her journals, is invaluable.
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 Bernard Buffet (1928 - 1999) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Bernard Buffet was an acclaimed artist by the age of twenty on account of his distinctive style and apparent talent.
Buffet’s work had a consistent somber mood that seemed to represent the atmosphere of the post-war period.
Bernard Buffet, Face of a Man, circa 1958
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 Bernard Buffet: Painter and Printmaker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In 1948, Buffet won the Prix de la Critique, and he has given at least one important exposition each year since then.
In 1955, he received the first prize in a referendum conducted by the Review "Connaissance des Arts", and was designated first out of ten best painters of the post world war era.
Bernard Buffet has achieved world-wide renown and his considered one of France's most important painters of the twentieth century.
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 BERNARD BUFFET   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
About this time he found his individual style and in 1948 won the Prix de In Critique jointly with Bernard Lorjou.
Edward Lucie-Smith has said:'Bernard Buffet had a spectacular success in the 1940s and 1950s with schematic figurative paintings which were literal interpretations of the gloomier and more superficial aspects of Sartre's existentialist philosophy.
Buffet's interest really lies in the fact that quite a large section of the public received him so eagerly as an acceptable representative of modern art.' Buffet also did graphic work and his book illustrations included Les Chants de Maldoror of Lautreamont and La Recherche de la Purete by Jean Giorno.
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 Bernard Buffet [1928-1999] - Featured Artist on Artfact.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bernard Buffet : première exposition solo au Canada [Montréal...
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Bernard Buffet Print Isle de la Cite Paris France
BERNARD BUFFET "Jojo, the Clown" original stone litho
Bernard Buffet big early Drypoint Etching pencil sandn NR
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 BERNARD BUFFET POSTERS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) is considered the greatest of all French post war artists.
I was very fortunate recently to acquire a large selection of Buffet posters.
And CLICK HERE for most recent acquisitions of non Buffet gallery exposition posters.
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Bernard Buffet Prints - Port of Beaulieu Port of Beaulieu Print available at Art.com.
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