Bernard Buffet
Bernard Buffet (* July 10, 1928 in Paris; † 4 October 1999 tour Tour, Provence -Alpes- Côte d' Azur) was a French graphic artist and painter of Expressionism. In addition, he also worked as an illustrator and stage designer.
Life and work
Bernard Buffet studied art history at the Lycée Carnot and between 1943 to 1945 at the École des Beaux -Arts in Paris. Buffet joined with other artists to the group " L' homme - témoin " together and belonged to the scene of the artistic avant-garde. In the late 1940s provided the painter Maurice Utrillo and Georges Rouault their friend buffet the art dealer Maurice Girandin before, and took him under contract. In the following years developed a distinctive buffet and realistic style, his exemplars Rembrandt van Rijn, Théodore Géricault, Gustave Courbet, Henri Edmond Cross, and Vincent van Gogh were. He was celebrated as a painter of existentialism, was at times as the legitimate successor of Pablo Picasso and the prices obtained like this.
In 1960 Bernard Buffet and the singer and actress Annabel Schwob married. From the union produced three children, Virginie ( b. 1962 ), Danielle ( b. 1963 ) and Nicolas ( b. 1973 ), produced. Buffet, who suffered later from Parkinson 's disease and could no longer work, 1999, in his home in Tour Tour life.
Art Historical Significance
The work of artist Bernard Buffet includes more than 8,000 paintings and many prints. His works are exhibited in major museums such as the Tate Gallery in London and the Musée National d' Art Moderne in Paris.
Many of his popular images were reproduced and framed offered in department stores. From the 1960s was a sudden price decline that continues today. While in museums, his works often put into storage ("... Bernard Buffet is about today only considered kitsch painters " ), appeared at flea markets constantly buffet reproductions.