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What is Buffet Style?
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Bernard Buffet
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As a young painter, Bernard Buffet emerged like a comet in post-World War II France. His gray and chestnut-colored paintings, sharp black outlines, scratch-like lines filling the canvas, deeply creased faces, stretched and emaciated figures, strangely arranged still lifes, empty towns...his paintings cut through the atmosphere of an era filled with a sense of emptiness and once seen, they emit a unique brilliance that cannot be forgotten. This style, established before he was 20 years old, made Buffet a one-of-a-kind artist. Over the next 50 years, Buffet continued to work, changing his lines and colors and expanding his subject matter, but no matter what he painted, the "Buffet style" remained.
Buffet became the darling of the times at a young age, and he moved through the 20th century, always feeling both the happiness and the pain of being a painter. This exhibition traces the transition of Buffet's work from his early years to his later years and looks at the "Buffet Style" that pervaded his work.
＜Honkan Medium Exhibition Hall>
The main gallery, which can be considered as an introduction to the museum, presents works from Bernard Buffet's late teens, before his debut, when he had not yet established a clear "style," as well as his encounters in Provence in the south of France, where he spent several years after his debut and where he had a great influence on the way of life of Buffet as a painter.
As a young painter, Bernard Buffet emerged like a comet in post-World War II France. His gray and chestnut-colored paintings, sharp black outlines, scratch-like lines filling the canvas, deeply creased faces, stretched and emaciated figures, strangely arranged still lifes, empty towns...his paintings cut through the atmosphere of an era filled with a sense of emptiness and once seen, they emit a unique brilliance that cannot be forgotten. This style, established before he was 20 years old, made Buffet a one-of-a-kind artist. Over the next 50 years, Buffet continued to work, changing his lines and colors and expanding his subject matter, but no matter what he painted, the "Buffet style" remained.
Buffet became the darling of the times at a young age, and he moved through the 20th century, always feeling both the happiness and the pain of being a painter. This exhibition traces the transition of Buffet's work from his early years to his later years and looks at the "Buffet Style" that pervaded his work.
＜Honkan Medium Exhibition Hall>
The main gallery, which can be considered as an introduction to the museum, presents works from Bernard Buffet's late teens, before his debut, when he had not yet established a clear "style," as well as his encounters in Provence in the south of France, where he spent several years after his debut and where he had a great influence on the way of life of Buffet as a painter.
Schedule | Apr 1 (Sat) 2023-Nov 7 (Tue) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1500, University and High School Students ¥750, Junior High School Students and Under free. | ||||
| Website | https://www.clematis-no-oka.co.jp/buffet-museum/exhibitions/2125/ | ||||
| Venue | Bernard Buffet Museum https://www.buffet-museum.jp/en/ | ||||
| Location | 515-57 Clematis no Oka, Higashino, Nagaizumi-cho, Shizuoka 411-0931 | ||||
| Access | From the South exit of JR Mishima Station, take the bus and get off at “Buffet bijutsukan mae” (Buffet Museum). The venue is 7 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 055-986-1300 | ||||
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