Bernard Buffet

Notre Dame

Bernard Buffet (French, 1928 – 1999) was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor. An extremely prolific artist, he produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was excl...

George Merheb was born in Lebanon in 1960 where he currently works and resides. He obtained a Master’s degree in Drawing and Painting from the Lebanese University of Beirut, Lebanon....

Unique artwork by Fatima El-Hajj. Artist was born in Lebanon in 1953, graduated from the Lebanese University’s Fine Arts Institution, the completed a second degree at the Leningrad...

Philippe Hiquily is a singular artist, a sculptor, but also a creator of jewellery, furniture, engravings, and experimental kinetic and electronic works. His work is mainly based on ...

Beautiful framed original MCM lithograph of cathedral Notre Dame in Paris, France by Bernard Buffet, circa 1968. The piece is signed in plate, in good vintage condition and measures 16.75" x 20.5". Great example of Buffet's mid century work...

Lithograph, 1968 Edition : 30/125 Publisher : Éditions Paris Book Center (New York) Printer : Mourlot (Paris) Catalog : [Sorlier 128, p. 106] 65.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.59 in. x 19.69...

In 1967, renowned French artist Bernard Buffet created an iconic travel poster for Paris, commissioned by French Railways (SNCF). This poster is a stunning example of how fine art an...

When we mention Bernard Buffet, we instinctively think of his tortured portraits and dark representations of human emotions. However, his work presents a much richer and more complex dimension, such as this less conventional canvas, which, instead of focusing on characters, captures a Parisian scene in a landscape format. In this work, a view of the Seine and the sky, a fragment of the Eiffel Tower blending into a green that seems largely fantasized, a bridge and a total absence of human figures launch the viewer into a visual meditation of the secrets that reside at the heart of the City of Lights. The artist uses black not simply as a color but as a proper tool for sculpting. Shapes are drawn and delineated, contrasting with washed-out colors such as blue and green. Black symbolizes the mystery and inaccessibility of the emotions that the artist seeks to express. Unlike his other works, adding characters to tell a story, Buffet, with this piece, appears more interested in the elements and structural aspects of the composition itself. Buffet succeeds in establishing a link between the observer and the piece represented. The Eiffel Tower and the bridge become the keepers of secrets, frameworks that bear the weight of Paris's history. The river mirrors...