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Bernard Buffet

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, Marseille, Notre Dame de la Garde, 1965, Oil on canvas
    Marseille, Notre Dame de la Garde, 1965
    Oil · Canvas
    89.4 x 130.3 cm
    Lempertz · · Lot 267
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €80,000–100,000View at Lempertz ↗
  2. Bernard Buffet, Parigi, lithograph a colori
    Parigi
    Lithograph
    65x50 cm
    Farsettiarte · · Lot 56
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €350–550View at Farsettiarte ↗
  3. Bernard Buffet, The Parisians, 1928, affiche
    The Parisians, 1928
    Print (other) · ed. 30/200
    54x40 cm
    Maison Bibelot · · Lot 94
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €150–200View at Maison Bibelot ↗
  4. Bernard Buffet, La Route de Saint-Firmin et la mare, Hiver, 1976, Oil on canvas
    La Route de Saint-Firmin et la mare, Hiver, 1976
    Oil · Canvas
    89 x 130 cm
    Ravenel · · Lot 23
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. NT$5,500,000–8,000,000View at Ravenel ↗
  5. Bernard Buffet, Vaas met bloemen, Lithografie op papier
    Vaas met bloemen
    Lithograph · Paper
    30 x 29 cm
    Twents Veilinghuis · · Lot 1336
    Unsold / did not meet reserveView at Twents Veilinghuis ↗
  6. Bernard Buffet, Annabel, by Charles Sorlier, 1979, Lithograph in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins
    Annabel, by Charles Sorlier, 1979
    Lithograph · Paper · ed. EA
    I. 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (52.7 x 49.5 cm) S. 30 x 21 1/4 in. (76.2 x 54 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 107
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $1,500–2,500View at Phillips ↗
  7. Bernard Buffet, Tête de femme (Head of a Woman), 1980, Lithograph in colors, on Greysse paper, with full margins
    Tête de femme (Head of a Woman), 1980
    Lithograph · Paper · ed. EA
    I. 25 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (64.8 x 50.2 cm) S. 29 5/8 x 21 3/8 in. (75.2 x 54.3 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 108
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $2,000–4,000View at Phillips ↗
  8. Bernard Buffet, Marianne, 1988-89, Lithograph in colors, on wove paper, with full margins
    Marianne, 1988-89
    Lithograph · Paper
    I. 25 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (64.8 x 50.2 cm) S. 30 5/8 x 20 3/4 in. (77.8 x 52.7 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 109
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $2,000–4,000View at Phillips ↗
  9. Bernard Buffet, La prise des Tuileries (The Capture of the Tuileries), 1978, Lithograph in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins
    La prise des Tuileries (The Capture of the Tuileries), 1978
    Lithograph · Paper · ed. HC
    I. 20 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. (52.7 x 92.1 cm) S. 25 5/8 x 41 5/8 in. (65.1 x 105.7 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 110
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $3,000–5,000View at Phillips ↗
  10. Bernard Buffet, La prise de la Bastille (The Storming of the Bastille), 1978, Lithograph in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins
    La prise de la Bastille (The Storming of the Bastille), 1978
    Lithograph · Paper · ed. HC
    I. 19 x 41 1/4 in. (48.3 x 104.8 cm) S. 25 1/2 x 44 in. (64.8 x 111.8 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 111
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $3,000–5,000View at Phillips ↗
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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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