Buffet, Bernard

Japanese: ビュッフェ（英語表記）Buffet， Bernard

Born: July 10, 1928 in Paris, France
[Died] October 4, 1999. Tourtour, Bar, France. French painter. Entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1944. Held his first solo exhibition in 1947, and won the Critic's Prize the following year. With subjects such as clowns, still lifes, and cityscapes, he expressed the inner passions, tragedies, and anxieties of human beings through sharp lines and simple colors. He is a representative painter of the 20th century French figurative school. He committed suicide in 1999. His representative work is Flagellation (1951). The Bernard Buffet Museum is located in Nagaizumi, Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Buffet

A type of furniture that combines a cupboard with doors and a table that is installed in a kitchen or dining room. Food can be placed on top and it is mainly used for parties with standing. It also refers to a case with shelves installed near the entrance of a restaurant in a train station. A snack bar in a theater, station, or train that can entertain a large number of customers in a small space is also called a buffet.

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Japanese:

[生]1928.7.10. フランス，パリ
[没]1999.10.4. フランス，バール，トゥルトゥール
フランスの画家。 1944年エコール・デ・ボザール入学。 47年最初の個展を開催し，翌年クリチック賞を受賞。道化，静物，都市風景などを主題に鋭い描線，単純な色彩によって，人間の内面的激情，悲劇性，不安感などを表現した。 20世紀フランスの具象派を代表する画家である。 99年自殺した。代表作『鞭打ち』 (1951) 。静岡県長泉町にベルナール・ビュフェ美術館がある。