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Bernard Buffet
A unique artist, both in terms of technical style and theoretical approach, French expressionist Bernard Buffet is one of the most discussed twentieth century’s painters of the moment, following notably an exceptional retrospective at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris that attracted more than 150,000 visitors at the beginning of the year.
Consistently celebrated by the public, regularly depreciated by the Parisian elite, Bernard Buffet remained true to his unmistakable style throughout a long and prolific career that led him through changing and antagonistic times in post-war Europe.
Dry and straight lines combined with a narrow palette of grey, angular paintings with no shadow and no depth, the depiction of an unrestrained poverty: Buffet’s painting reflects the French Existentialist philosophy from the mid late 1940s all the while indicating a strong positioning against the ambiguousness of abstraction and in favor of a more representational art.
A growing global interest in Buffet’s work has shed light on his illustrious career, revealing a provocative versatility and brutal creativity that resonate as much today as they did five decades ago. As one of the largest supporters and promoters of the work of Bernard Buffet in Europe and Asia, Opera Gallery is proud and thrilled to hereby showcase a curated selection from the artist’s broad oeuvre to the New York art collectors. Alongside some of his favorite subjects - still lifes, portraits - this exhibition will present other themes that Bernard Buffet treated in his extensive body of work, such as urban landscapes and bouquets of flowers.
Through five themes and with artworks ranging from the early 1950s up until the late 1990s and the tragic end of Buffet’s life, it is our hope that this exhibition will participate to elevate the artist to the status he deserves as one of Europe’s most fascinating, challenging and humanist post-war artists and let him stand once and for all in his full right in the contemporary art history.
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A unique artist, both in terms of technical style and theoretical approach, French expressionist Bernard Buffet is one of the most discussed twentieth century’s painters of the moment, following notably an exceptional retrospective at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris that attracted more than 150,000 visitors at the beginning of the year.
Consistently celebrated by the public, regularly depreciated by the Parisian elite, Bernard Buffet remained true to his unmistakable style throughout a long and prolific career that led him through changing and antagonistic times in post-war Europe.
Dry and straight lines combined with a narrow palette of grey, angular paintings with no shadow and no depth, the depiction of an unrestrained poverty: Buffet’s painting reflects the French Existentialist philosophy from the mid late 1940s all the while indicating a strong positioning against the ambiguousness of abstraction and in favor of a more representational art.
A growing global interest in Buffet’s work has shed light on his illustrious career, revealing a provocative versatility and brutal creativity that resonate as much today as they did five decades ago. As one of the largest supporters and promoters of the work of Bernard Buffet in Europe and Asia, Opera Gallery is proud and thrilled to hereby showcase a curated selection from the artist’s broad oeuvre to the New York art collectors. Alongside some of his favorite subjects - still lifes, portraits - this exhibition will present other themes that Bernard Buffet treated in his extensive body of work, such as urban landscapes and bouquets of flowers.
Through five themes and with artworks ranging from the early 1950s up until the late 1990s and the tragic end of Buffet’s life, it is our hope that this exhibition will participate to elevate the artist to the status he deserves as one of Europe’s most fascinating, challenging and humanist post-war artists and let him stand once and for all in his full right in the contemporary art history.
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