Nature Morte au fond Rouge, 1998

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Bernard Buffet
Nature Morte au fond Rouge, 1998
1998

About the Item

BERNARD BUFFET The precocious power of Buffet’s harsh technique swiftly brought him to the attention of art critics seeking to revive the climate of innovation which had made Paris the ‘capital of the arts’ during the interwar years Bernard Buffet was a French Expressionist artist, working as a painter, lithographer, etcher, designer and sculptor. His paintings covered a wide range of subjects, including landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and religious scenes executed in a signature style of thick, angular black lines. Buffet was born in Paris in and grew up during the Nazi occupation Of Paris. He gained early recognition of his drawing talent in 1944, earning him a place at the École des Beaux-Arts at the age of sixteen. Within a year he showed his work at the Salon des Moins de Trente Ans. By 1947 he was a member of both the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d’Automne, and in the same year he shared the Grand Prix de la Critique. By the time he was twenty he was already a highly-acclaimed painter. Defined by elongated, spiky forms, somber colors, flattened spaces, and an overall mood of sadness and despair, Buffet’s early work reflected the misery of post-war France and catapulted him to almost instant success. Indeed, by the early 1950s, he lived in a chateau, enjoyed a life of financial comfort unimaginable just a few short years before, and was rivaled only by Picasso as the most celebrated painter of the modern world. Going against the emerging trend of abstraction, Buffet remained an expressionist through and through, accentuating his non-conformist attitude to painting. Capitalizing on his immense potential, in 1948 Emmanuel David offered Buffet an exclusive contract with his gallery, shared with art dealer Maurice Garnier. This meeting could be considered the turning point in Buffet's career, as it afforded him international recognition. Indeed, his relationship with Maurice Garnier lasted for the rest of his life, comprising no less than fifty-four exhibitions at his gallery, and Garnier continued to work with Buffet’s paintings until his own death in early 2014. Buffet was given first place in a poll in 1955 by the Connaissance journal which listed the ten best postwar artists, and in 1958 was given his first retrospective, at the age of 30. Over the years numerous world-wide exhibitions took place, often following a theme – bullfighters, clowns, religion, still-life, and others. In 1961 he painted a series of paintings depicting the life of Jesus Christ, intended to decorate the Chapelle de Chateau l'Arc. Ten years later, at the request of Monseigneur Pasquale Macci (secretary to Pope Paul VI) he offered these paintings to the Vatican Museum where they remain on permanent exhibition. The patron Kiichiro Okano set up a museum for over a thousand of his works in a park near Mount Fuji in 1973. More than perhaps any other nation, Japan embraced his work, identifying strongly with the flat, graphic elements and pared-down imagery. In 1974 he was admitted to the Académie des Beaux Arts and appointed officer of the Légion d’honneur. The artist’s work consists of more than 8000 paintings as well as numerous printed graphics. He also worked as an illustrator and stage designer. In 1999 Buffet, who suffered from Parkinson’s Disease and was no longer able to work, committed suicide in his house in Tourtour. Bernard Buffet’s paintings could be said to be a reflection of his own personality: individualistic, elegant, sober, solitary, and melancholy. The harsh and gothic lines that give his work such starkness and tension make it atmospheric, powerful, and instantly recognizable. SELECTED MUSEUMS Museum of Modern Art, New York (Still Life with Fish, II (1949)) Bernard Buffet Museum, Shizuoka, Japan Tate Britain, London (Portrait of the Artist (1954); Holy Face (1953)) Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris (Femme au filet (1948); Le peintre et son modèle (1948); Nu debout (1949); Trois nus (1949); Nature morte au revolver (1949); Portrait du Docteur Giradin (1949); Portrait de l’Artiste (1949); Femme nue sur un canapé (1949); Nature morte aux oursins (1949); Nature morte à la corbeille (1949); Le boeuf écorché (1950); Les oiseaux, le rapace (1959)) National Gallery of Victoria, Australia (The Owl) Musée des Arts contemporains, Hornu (Untitled; Le grand nu blanc; Le phare) Musée des Beaux-arts, Nantes (Untitled; Autoportrait (L’Atelier), Paysage; Paysage) Musée de Grenoble (Cuisine) Musée des Beaux-arts, Lille (Deux nus debout; Nature morte) Musée d’Art moderne, Troyes (Femme triste dans un atelier; L’Atelier) Musée d’Art moderne Lille Métropole, Villenueve-d’Ascq (Femmes à leur toilette; La lapidation; Nature morte au melon; Nu couché) Musée Louis Senlecq, L’isle-Adam (St. Tropez, Place de l’Orneau; Voeux) Musée des Beaux-arts, Lyon (Nature morte) SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Bernard Buffet: Paintings from 1956 to 1999, Venus Gallery, New York, 5 April–27 May 2017 Bernard Buffet, Intimement, Musée de Montmartre, Paris, 18 October 2016–5 March 2017 Bernard Buffet, Rétrospective, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 14 October 2016–26 February 2017 À Rebours, Venus Gallery, New York, 25 April–31 May 2012 Exposition Bernard Buffet, Musée de la Vielle Charité, Marseille, 2009 Bernard Buffet: maler, painter, peintre, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, April–August 2008 Pretty Ugly, Maccarone Gallery, New York, 10 July–29 August 2008 Bernard Buffet: A Controversial Oeuvre, Gemeente Museum, The Hague, July–September 2006 Art of the Forties, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 24 February–30 April 1991 Portraits from the Museum Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 4 May–18 September 1960 XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 19 October 1954–6 February 1955 Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 7 May–8 June 1952 Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 13 February–13 May 1951 Bernard Buffet, Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, 14 October 2016–5 March 2017

Creator:
Bernard Buffet (1928 - 1999, French)
Creation Year:
1998
Dimensions:
Height: 39 in (99.06 cm)Width: 53 in (134.62 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Oil
Movement & Style:
Expressionist
Period:
Late 20th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Washington, DC
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU123825210061