Bernard Buffet <Les Invalides> Original lithograph print made in 1964 66x50cm

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A representative painter of post-World War II France. His melancholic landscapes and figures resonated with the post-war atmosphere, making him a popular artist even during his student days. Alongside contemporaries such as Michel Henri, Brasilier, Cathelin, Jansen, and Cassignoul, he established a unique artistic style characterized by a hard, somewhat outlined and simplified form with monochromatic colors, standing out among the masters of the French art scene.

1928 Born in Paris

1943 Enters the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, with Michel Henri and Brasilier in the same year

1937 Holds first solo exhibition; Museum of Modern Art in Paris acquires his work

1949 Receives the Critic's 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 opens in Shizuoka

1974 Vatican Pontifical Museum acquires his work

1991 Pushkin Museum and Hermitage Museum hold retrospectives

1999 Commits suicide at his home in Southern France