Artist: Buffet, Bernard
Title: Parisians
Technique: Lithograph on Vellum acropole
size: 31 x 24 cm. (12,2 x 9,45 inch)
Framed: Not framed


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Bernard Buffet ( (1928-1999) (after) Parisians, Lithograph on vellum Acropole. From the catalogue of lithographs 1952 - 1966 (19). There is printed text on verso.

About the artist

Bernard Buffet (1928–1999), born in Paris, France, was a French painter and printmaker best known for his work in the Expressionist style. Trained at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he gained early fame in the late 1940s as part of the French Expressionist revival, often associated with the Misérabiliste movement that emerged in postwar France. His distinctive visual language—characterized by stark linearity and psychological intensity—established him as one of the most prominent figures in mid-century French figurative painting.

Buffet's artistic practice centered on angular, elongated figures rendered with sharp black contours and a deliberately restricted palette of muted grays, browns, and occasional stark accents. His technique emphasized linear precision and flattened, simplified forms that conveyed profound melancholy and existential unease, reflecting the psychological climate of postwar Europe. Recurring subjects including clowns, still lifes, landscapes, and solitary figures became vehicles for exploring themes of isolation and human vulnerability. The austere, almost ascetic quality of his compositions and his unwavering commitment to figurative representation during an era increasingly dominated by abstraction distinguished his work within European painting.

Buffet's paintings and prints are held in major museums worldwide, testament to his significant impact on postwar French art. Despite shifting critical fashions, his work has maintained strong commercial appeal and institutional interest, with dedicated collections including the Musée Bernard Buffet in Japan. His contribution to the Expressionist revival in France and his distinctive visual vocabulary secured his position as a defining figure within twentieth-century figurative art.

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Excellent condition.