Bernard Buffet, "Ile de la Cité and Notre Dame", 1985, original etching, 45x62cm

This piece is stored at our partner gallery in France. While it is considered in good condition by local (French) standards, please be aware that the criteria for evaluating the condition of aged items may differ between France and Japan. Please consider purchasing only after acknowledging any signs of use common with vintage items (stains, discoloration, folds, wrinkles, fading, etc.). We have not inspected the actual item. The artwork is currently stored in France, and delivery will take more than two weeks after your order. Due to the nature of the artwork, returns after purchase cannot be accepted.

A representative painter of post-World War II France. His melancholic landscapes and figures resonated with the post-war atmosphere, and he became a popular artist even as a student. Alongside Michel Henry, Brazillier, Cathelin, Jansem, and Cassigneul, his contemporaries, he established a unique artistic style with a hard, somewhat outlined and simplified form, and a monochrome palette, challenging the masters of the French art scene.

Born in Paris in 1928.

1943 Enrolled in the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, with Michel Henry and Brazillier in the same class.

1937 Held his first solo exhibition; the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris purchased his work.

1949 Awarded the Critics' Prize.

1959 "Bernard Buffet Exhibition" held at the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo and Kyoto.

1971 Awarded the Legion of Honor.

1973 Buffet Museum opened in Shizuoka.

1974 Vatican City State Museum purchased his work.

1991 Pushkin Museum and Hermitage Museum held a retrospective exhibition.

1999 Committed suicide at his home in Southern France.