Where to See Bernard Buffet

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About Bernard Buffet

French · 1928–1999 · Expressionism

Hailed as a prodigy at twenty, Buffet's stark black-lined canvases made him France's most celebrated painter before critical opinion turned sharply against him.

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Bernard Buffet's works are held in 25 museums worldwide, including Musée d'art moderne de Paris, Fukuoka Art Museum, and National Gallery of Art.

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🇦🇺 Australia

1 museum

🇫🇷 France

8 museums

🇩🇪 Germany

2 museums

🇯🇵 Japan

4 museums

🇷🇺 Russia

1 museum

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

1 museum

🇺🇸 United States

8 museums

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Who was Bernard Buffet?
    Bernard Buffet was a French[1] artist who achieved critical recognition at a young age. He won the Prix de la Critique in 1948[1] and was compared to Picasso early in his career.
  • What is Bernard Buffet known for?
    Bernard Buffet is known for his spare, angular canvases, often featuring elongated figures, bare rooms, and still lifes. Later in his career, he produced figurative series, including clown paintings and carnival subjects.
  • What was Bernard Buffet's art style?
    Bernard Buffet's early style featured spare, angular canvases outlined in heavy black lines against near-empty backgrounds. His work had a structural rigour that he applied to both post-war still lifes and later figurative series.

Sources

Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Bernard Buffet's works across the following collections.

  1. [1] wikipedia Wikipedia: Bernard Buffet Used for: biography.
  2. [2] book guggenheim-guhe00solo Used for: stylistic analysis.
  3. [3] book guggenheim-jeandubuffetretr00dubu Used for: biography.
  4. [4] book guggenheim-jeandubuffetretr00newy Used for: biography.
  5. [5] book guggenheim-onehundredpainti00thom Used for: biography.
  6. [6] book guggenheim-picassow00nash Used for: biography.
  7. [7] book Masterpieces of western art : a history of art in 900 individual studies from the Gothic to the present day Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
  8. [8] book Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New, 1980 Used for: stylistic analysis.

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