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Learn MorePanier de fruits et bouquet by Bernard Buffet
- This compelling still life is the work of the celebrated French Expressionist Bernard Buffet
- Bold and vibrant, this work epitomizes Buffet's signature stark and dramatic style
- This masterpiece adorned the dining room of a prestigious French hotel
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Bernard Buffet
1928-1999 | French
Panier de fruits et bouquet
(Fruit basket and bouquet)
Signed and dated "Bernard Buffet 1996" (upper left)
Oil on canvas
Once considered 20th-century France's most important painter, Bernard Buffet's bold and dramatic style defined the existential mood of the postwar era, making him one of the most collected artists in France. Panier de fruits et bouquet is a stunning still life that exemplifies Buffet’s genius, rendered with. . .
1928-1999 | French
Panier de fruits et bouquet
(Fruit basket and bouquet)
Signed and dated "Bernard Buffet 1996" (upper left)
Oil on canvas
Once considered 20th-century France's most important painter, Bernard Buffet's bold and dramatic style defined the existential mood of the postwar era, making him one of the most collected artists in France. Panier de fruits et bouquet is a stunning still life that exemplifies Buffet’s genius, rendered with. . .
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Bernard Buffet
1928-1999 | French
Panier de fruits et bouquet
(Fruit basket and bouquet)
Signed and dated "Bernard Buffet 1996" (upper left)
Oil on canvas
Once considered 20th-century France's most important painter, Bernard Buffet's bold and dramatic style defined the existential mood of the postwar era, making him one of the most collected artists in France. Panier de fruits et bouquet is a stunning still life that exemplifies Buffet’s genius, rendered with striking intensity and bright primary colors. For decades, this masterpiece adorned the dining room of the prestigious French hotel, Hostellerie de Plaisance.
A prominent member of the artistic movement L'homme Témoin (The Witness-Man), Buffet rejected the ideals of abstraction, favoring the expression of reality and raw emotion. While the group was known for its generally pessimistic outlook, Buffet’s embrace of bold, vibrant colors and moments of lightness were uniquely his own. In this work, Buffet’s unmistakable style is applied to a still life of glass vessels, fruit and flowers, arranged on a crisp white tablecloth against a luminous red background. The interplay of the vivid complementary colors of red and green and the bold, black outlines results in a striking, visceral masterpiece that captures both the emotional depth and visual brilliance for which Buffet was celebrated.
This work was exhibited for years in the esteemed Hostellerie de Plaisance in Saint-Émilion, France, a town celebrated for its exceptional Bordeaux wines. The restaurant's owners—passionate collectors of Bernard Buffet's work—prominently displayed in their dining room several of his paintings, which they had bought from Buffet directly. Offered for sale for the first time since its original purchase, this brilliant still life is a rare treasure in Buffet's oeuvre.
Born in Paris, Bernard Buffet began his art studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in December 1943, training in the studio of painter Eugène Narbonne. After just two years, Buffet set out on his own, launching a successful career that began with the exhibition of a self-portrait at the Salon des Moins de Trente Ans at Galerie Beaux-Arts in 1946. His stark, existential compositions brought him global fame and fortune at a remarkably young age. Today, Buffet’s works are held in prestigious institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among many others. His legacy is further celebrated by two museums in Japan dedicated exclusively to his oeuvre.
This work is accompanied by its certificate of authenticity, issued by Galerie Maurice Garnier dated February 14, 2007.
Dated 1996
Canvas: 25 1/4" high x 35 3/4" wide (64.14 x 90.81 cm)
Frame: 30 7/8" high x 41 5/8" wide x 2" deep (78.42 x 105.85 x 5.08 cm)
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Provenance:
Collection of Hostellerie de Plaisance, Saint-Émilion, France
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
1928-1999 | French
Panier de fruits et bouquet
(Fruit basket and bouquet)
Signed and dated "Bernard Buffet 1996" (upper left)
Oil on canvas
Once considered 20th-century France's most important painter, Bernard Buffet's bold and dramatic style defined the existential mood of the postwar era, making him one of the most collected artists in France. Panier de fruits et bouquet is a stunning still life that exemplifies Buffet’s genius, rendered with striking intensity and bright primary colors. For decades, this masterpiece adorned the dining room of the prestigious French hotel, Hostellerie de Plaisance.
A prominent member of the artistic movement L'homme Témoin (The Witness-Man), Buffet rejected the ideals of abstraction, favoring the expression of reality and raw emotion. While the group was known for its generally pessimistic outlook, Buffet’s embrace of bold, vibrant colors and moments of lightness were uniquely his own. In this work, Buffet’s unmistakable style is applied to a still life of glass vessels, fruit and flowers, arranged on a crisp white tablecloth against a luminous red background. The interplay of the vivid complementary colors of red and green and the bold, black outlines results in a striking, visceral masterpiece that captures both the emotional depth and visual brilliance for which Buffet was celebrated.
This work was exhibited for years in the esteemed Hostellerie de Plaisance in Saint-Émilion, France, a town celebrated for its exceptional Bordeaux wines. The restaurant's owners—passionate collectors of Bernard Buffet's work—prominently displayed in their dining room several of his paintings, which they had bought from Buffet directly. Offered for sale for the first time since its original purchase, this brilliant still life is a rare treasure in Buffet's oeuvre.
Born in Paris, Bernard Buffet began his art studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in December 1943, training in the studio of painter Eugène Narbonne. After just two years, Buffet set out on his own, launching a successful career that began with the exhibition of a self-portrait at the Salon des Moins de Trente Ans at Galerie Beaux-Arts in 1946. His stark, existential compositions brought him global fame and fortune at a remarkably young age. Today, Buffet’s works are held in prestigious institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among many others. His legacy is further celebrated by two museums in Japan dedicated exclusively to his oeuvre.
This work is accompanied by its certificate of authenticity, issued by Galerie Maurice Garnier dated February 14, 2007.
Dated 1996
Canvas: 25 1/4" high x 35 3/4" wide (64.14 x 90.81 cm)
Frame: 30 7/8" high x 41 5/8" wide x 2" deep (78.42 x 105.85 x 5.08 cm)
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Provenance:
Collection of Hostellerie de Plaisance, Saint-Émilion, France
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
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Specifications
| Maker: | Buffet, Bernard |
| Period: | 1919-Present |
| Origin: | France |
| Type: | Paintings |
| Style: | Modernism |
| Depth: | 2.0 in. (5.08 cm) |
| Width: | 41.68 in. (105.85 cm) |
| Height: | 30.88 in. (78.42 cm) |
| Canvas Width: | 35.750 in. (90.81 cm) |
| Canvas Height: | 25.250 in. (64.14 cm) |
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