Bernard Buffet <Tulips> Original lithograph print 33x26cm

A representative French painter of the post-World War II era. His melancholic landscapes and figures resonated with the post-war atmosphere, making him a popular artist even as a student. Alongside contemporaries Michel Henri, Brasilier, Cathelin, Jansem, and Cassigneul, he established his unique artistic style characterized by rigid, somewhat outlined, and simplified forms with monochromatic 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 Henri and Brasilier in the same year

1937 Held his first solo exhibition; 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 Légion d'honneur

1973 Buffet Museum opened in Shizuoka

1974 Vatican Museums purchased his work

1991 Retrospective exhibitions at the Pushkin Museum and the Hermitage Museum

1999 Committed suicide at his home in Southern France