Bernard BUFFET
French 1928 - 1999
Born in Paris, France, Bernard Buffet studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts among classmates Maurice Boitel and Louis Vuillermoz. Starting in 1946, Buffet held at least one major exhibition every year through the 1950s and 60s, with his first major retrospective in 1958 at the age of 30. In 1955 Buffet was awarded the first prize by the magazine Connaissance des arts and named among the 10 best post-war artists. Buffet was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1973, the same here the Bernard Buffet Museum was inaugurated in Surugadaira, Japan. A member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Buffet was one of the most celebrated post-war artists of his time.
Selected Public Collections:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Hirshorn Museum of Art and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, USA
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
Tate Gallery, London, UK
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan
Wellside Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Musée d'art moderne de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
Art Impressions book shop, Paris, France, 1947
Galerie David and Garnier, Paris, France, 1957
"Retrospective" Galerie Charpentier, Paris, France, 1958
The French Institute, Berlin, Germany, 1959
The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan, 1963
Underlinden Museum, Colmar, France, 1969
Gemeentmuseum, Wiegar Deurne, The Netherlands, 1977
The Postal Museum, Paris, France, 1978
Seedamm Cultural Center, Zurich, Switzerland, 1983
Refectoire des Jacobins, Toulouse, France, 1985
The Odakyu Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 1987
Pouchkine Museum, Moscow, Russia, 1991
Hyundai Museum, Seoul, South Korea, 1991
Gustave Courbet Museum, Ornans, France, 1993
Documents Halle, Kassel, Germany, 1994
Musée des Beaux-arts de Kaoshiung, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, 1996
"Rétrospective" Gemeentemuseum den haag, La Haye, The Netherlands, 2006
"La force de l'art – Superdefense" Galeries naitonales du Grand Palais, Paris, France, 2006
"Bernard Buffet" Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France, 2009
"Bernard Buffet : Huiles et aquarelles" Galerie DIL, Paris, France, 2010
"Bernard Buffet et la Provence" Musée Bernard Buffet, Surugadaira, Japan, 2010-2011
Bernard BUFFET Artworks
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Quatre vues de Paris - le Sacré Coeur, La Tour saint Jacques, la tour Eiffel et le moulin de La Galette (Paravant: a set of 4)
1967
Color lithograph on wove paper, varnished/chrome frame; edition no. 30/100
164 x 204 cm
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Estimate
650,000 - 950,000 167,000 - 244,000 21,400 - 31,200 148,000 - 216,000
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Sold Price
840,000 213,198 27,246 189,189
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Portrait d'homme au foulard
1954
Oil on canvas
92 x 60 cm
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Estimate
1,800,000 - 2,800,000 463,000 - 720,000 59,200 - 92,100 409,000 - 636,000
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Sold Price
2,400,000 609,137 77,846 540,541
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Le Port de Beaulieu
1957
Oil on canvas
97 x 130 cm
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Estimate
9,000,000 - 14,000,000 2,314,000 - 3,599,000 296,000 - 460,400 2,045,000 - 3,182,000
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Sold Price
8,000,000 2,030,457 259,488 1,801,802
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La Route de Saint-Firmin et la mare, Hiver
1976
Oil on canvas
89 x 130 cm
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Estimate
5,500,000 - 8,000,000 1,482,000 - 2,156,000 189,500 - 275,600 1,193,000 - 1,735,000
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La Corrida - Tête de Toréro
1966
Oil on canvas
65 x 46 cm
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Estimate
7,000,000 - 10,000,000 1,887,000 - 2,695,000 241,100 - 344,500 1,518,000 - 2,169,000
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Sold Price
9,000,000 2,368,421 301,609
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Vase de Fleurs
1958
Oil on canvas
65 x 46 cm
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Estimate
2,600,000 - 4,000,000 701,000 - 1,078,000 89,600 - 137,800 564,000 - 868,000
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Sold Price
2,640,000 694,737 88,472
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La chauve souris
Charcoal on tracing paper and paper
27 x 16.5 cm
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Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 32,000 - 49,000 4,100 - 6,200 26,000 - 39,000
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Sold Price
132,000 34,737 4,424
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Clown (No. 58 S)
1966
Oil, India ink, pastel and watercolor on paper
65 x 50 cm
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Estimate
3,400,000 - 5,500,000 874,000 - 1,414,000 112,700 - 182,200
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Sold Price
3,840,000 994,819 127,575
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Rue et Église
1983
Oil on canvas
97 x 130 cm
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Estimate
3,400,000 - 5,000,000 840,000 - 1,235,000 108,200 - 159,100
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Sold Price
3,840,000 932,039 120,038
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Maison au bord du canal
1952
Oil on canvas
81 x 100 cm
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Estimate
6,000,000 - 8,000,000 1,481,000 - 1,975,000 191,000 - 254,600
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Sold Price
6,600,000 1,601,942 206,314
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