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Bernard BUFFET (1928-1999)
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Bernard BUFFET (1928-1999)
Oil on board, signed on the top
13 5/8 x 10 2/3 in.
Born in 1928 into a petit bourgeois family, Bernard Buffet is now considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, though he was frequently lambasted by the critics during his lifetime.
He drew endlessly from childhood onwards, painting on his grandmother's tablecloths and sheets.
His oils of male nudes brought him to the fore in the 1940s, by which time his palette was already dark, marked by the austerity of the post-war period.
At the end of the decade, galleries began to take a strong interest in his work, and the Drouant-David, later the David & Garnier and then the Maurice Garnier gallery (Rue Matignon), devoted a solo exhibition to him in February each year.
In 1952, these exhibitions became thematic, though he also continued to work in the major genres, with portraits, landscapes and still lifes.
A great admirer of Rembrandt (and like him an impassioned, unrelenting worker), as well as Cézanne and Courbet, he would shut himself up in his studio for hours on end, away from the violence of the world. He soon moved away from these early influences and developed his own intrinsic style with its sharp, cutting lines.
His commercial success permitted him the luxury of being able to isolate himself from the hurly-burly of Paris life, and to produce over 8,000 works during his career. Paradoxically, he was also a man of the world. As Pierre Bergé's companion for eight years, he regularly made the magazine covers. His taste for luxury, considered ostentatious, earned him keen criticism during his lifetime. The artist who painted the poverty of his youth was now attracted by monumental, more mystical painting.
Through annual exhibitions of his works, Maurice Garnier put the crowning touch to the career of an artist who was disparaged and adulated in turn.
In 1958, Buffet met Annabelle. It was love at first sight: they married, and stayed togethe
Oil on board, signed on the top
13 5/8 x 10 2/3 in.
Born in 1928 into a petit bourgeois family, Bernard Buffet is now considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, though he was frequently lambasted by the critics during his lifetime.
He drew endlessly from childhood onwards, painting on his grandmother's tablecloths and sheets.
His oils of male nudes brought him to the fore in the 1940s, by which time his palette was already dark, marked by the austerity of the post-war period.
At the end of the decade, galleries began to take a strong interest in his work, and the Drouant-David, later the David & Garnier and then the Maurice Garnier gallery (Rue Matignon), devoted a solo exhibition to him in February each year.
In 1952, these exhibitions became thematic, though he also continued to work in the major genres, with portraits, landscapes and still lifes.
A great admirer of Rembrandt (and like him an impassioned, unrelenting worker), as well as Cézanne and Courbet, he would shut himself up in his studio for hours on end, away from the violence of the world. He soon moved away from these early influences and developed his own intrinsic style with its sharp, cutting lines.
His commercial success permitted him the luxury of being able to isolate himself from the hurly-burly of Paris life, and to produce over 8,000 works during his career. Paradoxically, he was also a man of the world. As Pierre Bergé's companion for eight years, he regularly made the magazine covers. His taste for luxury, considered ostentatious, earned him keen criticism during his lifetime. The artist who painted the poverty of his youth was now attracted by monumental, more mystical painting.
Through annual exhibitions of his works, Maurice Garnier put the crowning touch to the career of an artist who was disparaged and adulated in turn.
In 1958, Buffet met Annabelle. It was love at first sight: they married, and stayed togethe