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Bernard Buffet Biography
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1939 |
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Entered the Lycée Carnot, Paris, after studying at the École des Jésuites.
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1943 |
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Expelled from the Lycée Carnot. Started attending an evening class in drawing.
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1943 |
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In December of this year, he gained a place at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, working in the studio of Eugène Narbonne (b 1885).
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1945 |
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Left the École des Beaux-Arts and travelled to Brittany with his mother, but after her sudden death he returned to Paris, where he devoted himself to painting. He then moved to Massy-Palaiseau, just south of Paris, to work with his friend Robert Mantienne.
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1947 |
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Met the writer Pierre Descargues, who became one of his earliest and most ardent supporters, writing the catalogue preface for his first one-man show in 1947.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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Auktion 24, Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
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2006
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La force de l'art - Superdefense, Galeries naitonales du Grand Palais, Paris
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2005
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Tauchfahrten. Zeichnung als Reportage, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf
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1996
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Beaux-arts Mueseum, Kaoshiung
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1995
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The Odakyu Museum, Tokyo
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1994
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Documents Halle, Kassel
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1993
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Gustave Courbet Museum, Ornans
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1991
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Pouchkine Museum, Moscou
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1991
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Ermitage Museum, Saint-Petersbourg
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1991
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Hyundai Museum, Seoul
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1987
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The Odakyu Museum, Tokyo
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1985
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Refectoire des Jacobins, Toulouse
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1983
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Seedamm Cultural Center, Zurich
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1978
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The Postal Museum, Paris
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1977
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At the Gemeentmuseum, Wieger Deurne, Holland
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1969
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Unterlinden Museum, Colmar
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1963
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The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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1959
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The French Institute, Berlin
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1959
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At Knokke le Zoute, Belgium
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1958
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Galerie Charpentier, Paris
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| Links to further information |
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