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Bernard Buffet

French · 1928–1999 · Painter, Printmaker

Bernard Buffet was a French painter, printmaker, and illustrator. An extremely prolific artist, he produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was exclusively… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Bernard Buffet, Toréro Debout, 1961, Oil on canvasToréro DeboutRavenel · NT$18,000,000≈ $610,380≈ £482,934≈ €534,109Sign up to see
  2. Bernard Buffet, La Rue Soufflot et le Panthéon, 1956, Oil on canvasLa Rue Soufflot et le PanthéonRavenel · NT$16,800,000≈ $550,368≈ £425,487≈ €501,155Sign up to see
  3. Bernard Buffet, Torero rose, 1960, oil on canvasTorero rosePhillips · HK$3,528,000≈ $452,254≈ £376,973≈ €435,866Sign up to see

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  1. Bernard Buffet, Ombelles dans un vase, 1961, Oil on canvas
    Ombelles dans un vase, 1961
    Oil · Canvas
    65 x 50.5 cm
    Ravenel · · Lot 057
    NT$2,400,000Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$1,400,000–2,200,000View at Ravenel ↗
  2. Bernard Buffet, Dahlias, 1961, mixed media on paper
    Dahlias, 1961
    Mixed media · Paper
    19⅝ h x 25½ w in (50 x 65 cm)
    Rago Auctions · · Lot 100
    $56,700≈ £44,766≈ €53,831Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $20,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
  3. Bernard Buffet, Carmen II, 1981, lithograph in colors on Arches
    Carmen II, 1981
    Lithograph · Paper
    29¾ h x 22 w in (76 x 56 cm)
    Rago Auctions · · Lot 135
    $441≈ £340≈ €405Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $600–View at Rago Auctions ↗
  4. Le Toreador, 1960
    Lithograph · ed. 140/175
    28-1/4 x 21 in.
    Brunk Auctions · · Lot 36
    $350≈ £268≈ €320HammerSign up free to seeEst. $300–500View at Brunk Auctions ↗
  5. Bernard Buffet, Jeune homme au col roulé, 1948, huile sur toile
    Jeune homme au col roulé, 1948
    Oil · Canvas
    65,5x54,5 cm
    Piguet Hôtel des Ventes · · Lot 26
    CHF 55,000≈ $64,840≈ £48,456≈ €57,923HammerSign up free to seeEst. CHF 30,000–50,000View at Piguet Hôtel des Ventes ↗
  6. Bernard Buffet, Les bottes de radis, 1955, mixed media on paper
    Les bottes de radis, 1955
    Mixed media · Paper
    50.5 x 65.1 cm (19 7/8 x 25 5/8 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 89
    £22,860≈ $28,906≈ €27,025Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £12,000–18,000View at Phillips ↗
  7. Bernard Buffet, Le pain et le vin, 1964, Farblithografie auf BFK RIVES (Wasserzeichen)
    Le pain et le vin, 1964
    Lithograph · Paper
    56,5 x 43cm
    Van Ham · · Lot 119
    €462≈ $497≈ £390Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €200–View at Van Ham ↗
  8. Bernard Buffet, Tulipes jaunes, 1964, Oil on canvas
    Tulipes jaunes, 1964
    Oil · Canvas
    116 x 73 cm
    Ravenel · · Lot 043
    NT$4,560,000Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$4,200,000–6,500,000View at Ravenel ↗
  9. Bernard Buffet, Compotier et vase de fleurs, 1954, oil on canvas
    Compotier et vase de fleurs, 1954
    Oil · Canvas
    73 x 60 cm. (28 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 158
    HK$571,500≈ $73,101≈ £57,505≈ €67,361Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. HK$450,000–650,000View at Phillips ↗
  10. The Lion Tamer
    Lithograph · ed. 20/120
    26.5 x 18 in
    Helmuth Stone Gallery · · Lot 191
    $441≈ £353≈ €414$350 + $91 premiumSign up free to seeEst. $500–1,000View at Helmuth Stone Gallery ↗
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About Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet was a French painter, printmaker, and illustrator. An extremely prolific artist, he produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was exclusively figurative and is often classified as Expressionist and Misérabilisme, as well as figurative collectives such as L'Homme-Témoin and La Jeune Peinture. Art historians have also classified his formal style as "abstract realism"—a framework in which recognizable, everyday figurative subjects are flattened, enclosed within rigid geometric grids, and stripped of cast shadows to assert the two-dimensional autonomy of the canvas. Curators have further noted that the emotional detachment, repetition, and formal rigidity of his figures share close affinities with New Objectivity portraiture and the anti-subjective descriptive style of the Nouveau Roman.

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