Bernard Buffet
Sign in to saveAlso known as Bernard Leon Edmond Buffet, Buffet, b. buffet
French painter (1928–1999)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1928-07-10 ) 10 July 1928, Paris, France
- Died
- 4 October 1999 (1999-10-04) (aged 71), Tourtour , France
- Education
- École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts , Marie-Thérèse Auffray
- Known for
- Painting , drawing , printmaking
- Movement
- Expressionism
- Awards
- Member of the Salon d'Automne , 1947 Member of the Société des Artistes Indépendants , 1947 Prix de la Critique , 1948 Prix Puvis de Chavannes , 1950 Officer of the Légion d'Honneur , 1973 Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts , 1974
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bernard
- Official name
- Bernard Léon Edmond Buffet
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 9th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- Tourtour
- Occupation
- draftsperson
- Educated at
- Lycée Carnot
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- portrait painting
- Movement
- Expressionism
- Work location
- New York City
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- name in native language
- Bernard Buffet
- date of birth
- 1928-07-10
- date of death
- 1999-10-04
- Commons category
- Bernard Buffet
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- manner of death
- Suicide
- member of
- Académie des beaux-arts
- cause of death
- asphyxia
- ethnic group
- French
- pseudonym
- Buffet, Bernard Léon Edmond
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Works in European collections
10 objects attributed to Bernard Buffet, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Bernard Buffet ( French: [byfɛ]; 10 July 1928 – 4 October 1999) was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor. An extremely prolific artist, he produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was exclusively figurative and is often classified as Expressionist or "miserabilist".
Buffet enjoyed worldwide popularity in the 1950s and was often compared to Pablo Picasso for his fame and talent. By the end of the 1950s, however, the public and art community turned strongly against him due to changing artistic tastes, Buffet's lavish lifestyle, and his extremely prolific output. The 21st century saw a renewed interest in his oeuvre.
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