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Yellow Tulips

Creator: Bernard Buffet
Offered by: Schillay Fine Art, Inc.

Description
Bernard BUFFET
(1928-1999))

Yellow Tulips
signed and dated 'Bernard Buffet 58' (upper left)
oil on canvas
39 ¾ x 25 ¾ in. (100.4 x 64.8 cm.)
Painted in 1958

Provenance:
David et Garnier, Paris.
Henry C. Woods, Chicago.
The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, The Nebraska Art Association - Gift from the above, 1967.
Private Collection, New York City - acquired 1999

Maurice Garnier has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.

Bernard BUFFET (1928-1999)

Bernard Buffet (10 July 1928 – 4 October 1999) was a French painter of Expressionism and Member of the Anti-Abstract Art Group "L 'homme Témoin [the Witness-Man]".

Bernard Buffet attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1944. He was awarded an exhibition at the Galerie des Impressions d’Art in 1947, but attracted little attention until he developed his signature style. In 1948, Buffet won the Prix de la Critique. Following this, he enjoyed the greatest acclaim of the young French painters, eventually known as the most commercially successful French painter alive.

He developed a highly stylized aesthetic immediately recognizable as his own. With sharp, linear forms and neutral palette, he depicted elongated figures and heavily stylized still-lifes, which seemed to express the existential and spiritual solitude of the postwar generation. Later, overwhelmed by commissions and success, his work became more decorative, with less of its initial, earlier impact. Buffet also executed graphic work and book illustrations. His career culminated with a museum devoted to his work near Mishima, Japan. His style has become ubiquitous in French history and popular culture.

More Information

Origin:	France
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	oil on canvas
Condition:	Excellent.
Creation Date:	1958
Styles / Movements:	Post Impressionism
Incollect Reference #:	140305

Dimensions

W.	25.75 in;	H.	39.75 in;
W.	65.41 cm;	H.	100.97 cm;

Message from Seller:

Schillay Fine Art, Inc. and Richard Schillay have carried on and expanded the art dealing tradition begun by Richard’s father, M. Edwin Schillay. For decades after World War II, M. Edwin Schillay was the foremost dealer of 19th century British art. He spearheaded the introduction to America of Victorian paintings on a large scale. Today Schillay Fine Art has greatly expanded its interests and offering -- well into the fields of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Modern, and Post-War art.