Bernard Buffet <Sacré-Coeur in Paris from the album Paris> Original lithograph print produced in 1962 [frame

A representative French painter of the post-World War II era. His melancholic landscapes and figures resonated with the post-war atmosphere, and he became a popular artist even as a student. Alongside his contemporaries Michel Henry, Brasilier, Cathelin, Jansem, and Cassigneul, he established a unique painting style characterized by hard, somewhat outlined, simplified forms and monochrome colors, standing out among the masters of the French art world.

Born in Paris in 1928

1943 Admitted to the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, with Michel Henry and Brasilier in the same year

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

1949 Awarded the Prix de la critique

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

1971 Received the Legion of Honour

1973 Buffet Museum opened in Shizuoka

1974 Vatican Museums purchased his work

1991 Pushkin Museum and Hermitage Museum held retrospectives

1999 Committed suicide at his home in Southern France