(1928 – 1999), France

Bernard Buffet Biography

Buffet was born in Paris, France, and studied art there at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (famous for art work) and worked in the studio of the painter Eugène Narbonne. Among his classmates were Maurice Boitel and Louis Vuillermoz influenced contemporary art. Sustained by the picture-dealer Maurice Garnier, Buffet produced religious pieces, landscapes, portraits and still-life. In 1946, he had his first art work, a self-portrait, at the Salon des Moins de Trente and at the Galerie Beaux-Arts.
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December 12, 1958 Buffet married the writer and actress Annabel Schwob. His son Nicolas was born in 1973, the same year that he was named "Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur" for his art work. November 23, 1973 the Bernard Buffet Museum of contemporary art was inaugurated; it was founded by Kiichiro Okano, in Surugadaira, Japan. At the request of the French postal administration in 1978, he designed a stamp depicting the Institute et le Pont des Arts - on this occasion the Post Museum arranged a retrospective of his art work.

Buffet was born in Paris, France, and studied art there at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (famous for art work) and worked in the studio of the painter Eugène Narbonne. Among his classmates were Maurice Boitel and Louis Vuillermoz influenced contemporary art. Sustained by the picture-dealer Maurice Garnier, Buffet produced religious pieces, landscapes, portraits and still-life. In 1946, he had his first art work, a self-portrait, at the Salon des Moins de Trente and at the Galerie Beaux-Arts.
An outstanding art work and a landmark in contemporary art.

December 12, 1958 Buffet married the writer and actress Annabel Schwob. His son Nicolas was born in 1973, the same year that he was named "Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur" for his art work. November 23, 1973 the Bernard Buffet Museum of contemporary art was inaugurated; it was founded by Kiichiro Okano, in Surugadaira, Japan. At the request of the French postal administration in 1978, he designed a stamp depicting the Institute et le Pont des Arts - on this occasion the Post Museum arranged a retrospective of his art work.

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Yatch et phare by Bernard Buffet contemporary artwork painting
Bernard Buffet Yatch et phare, 1968 Oil on canvas
89 x 130 cm
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Iris bleus by Bernard Buffet contemporary artwork painting
Bernard Buffet Iris bleus, 1957 Watercolour on paper
65 x 50 cm
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Delphiniums bleus by Bernard Buffet contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Bernard Buffet Delphiniums bleus, 1971 Oil on canvas
97 x 130 cm
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