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Bernard Buffet Biographie
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1928 |
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Born in Paris, France
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1939 |
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Entered the Lycée Carnot, Paris, France
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1943 |
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Expelled from the Lycée Carnot. Started attending an evening class in drawing.
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1943 |
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Entered at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France
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1945 |
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Left the École des Beaux-Arts and travelled to Brittany with his mother
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1947 |
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Met the writer Pierre Descargues, who became one of his earliest and most ardent supporters, writing the catalogue preface for his first one-man show in 1947
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1948 |
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Emmanuel David offered Buffet an exclusive contract with his gallery, shared with art dealer Maurice Garnier
Recipient, Prix de la Critique (Critic's Prize) from the Paris art critics, Paris, France
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1955 |
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Elected the most important post-war artist by the art magazine Connaissance des Arts
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1958 |
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The New York Times magazine ranked him one of France's Fabulous Young Five alongside such contemporaries as Yves Saint-Laurent
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1971 |
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Appointed Knight of the Honorary Legion, France
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1973 |
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Bernard-Buffet-Museum is opened in Surugadaira, Japan by the collector Kiichiro Okan
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1974 |
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Elected to the Académie des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
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1999 |
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Died in Tour, France
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| Expositions sélectionnées |
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2010 - 2011
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Bernard Buffet et la Provence, Musée Bernard Buffet, Surugadaira, Japan (solo)
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2010
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Bernard Buffet : Huiles et aquarelles, Galerie DIL, Paris, France (solo)
Bernard Buffet, Galerie Pascale Froessel, Strasbourg, France (solo)
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2009
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Bernard Buffet, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille (solo)
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2007
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Auktion 24, Lehr, Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin, Germany
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2006
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Rétrospective, Gemeentemuseum den haag, La Haye, The Netherlands (solo)
La force de l'art - Superdefense, Galeries naitonales du Grand Palais, Paris, France
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2005
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Tauchfahrten, Zeichnung als Reportage, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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1996
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Musée des Beaux-arts de Kaoshiung, Taiwan (solo)
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1995
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The Odakyu Museum, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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1994
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Documents Halle, Kassel, Germany (solo)
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1993
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Gustave Courbet Museum, Ornans, France (solo)
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1991
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Pouchkine Museum, Moscow, Russia (solo)
Ermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (solo)
Hyundai Museum, Seoul, South Korea (solo)
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1987
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The Odakyu Museum, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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1985
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Refectoire des Jacobins, Toulouse, France (solo)
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1983
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Seedamm Cultural Center, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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1978
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The Postal Museum, Paris, France (solo)
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1977
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Gemeentmuseum, Wieger Deurne, The Netherlands (solo)
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1969
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Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, France (solo)
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1963
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The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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1959
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The French Institute, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1958
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Retrospective, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, France (solo)
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1957
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Galerie David and Garnier, Paris, France (solo)
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1948
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Salon d'Automne, Paris, France
Jeune Peinture Exhibition, Galerie Drouant-David, Paris, France
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1947
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Salon des Independants, Paris, France
Art Impressions book shop, Paris, France (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
Tate Gallery, London, UK
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