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Bernard Buffet

1928 - 1999

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Bernard Buffet (French: [byfɛ]; 10 July 1928 – 4 October 1999) was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor. An extremely prolific artist, he produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was exclusively figurative and is often classified as Expressionist or "miserabilist". Buffet enjoyed worldwide popularity in the 1950s and was often compared to Pablo Picasso for his fame and talent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Buffet is the 540th most popular painter (down from 420th in 2019), the 1,615th most popular biography from France (down from 1,307th in 2019) and the 106th most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Bernard Buffet ranks 540 out of 2,023. Before him are Hugo Simberg, Constantin Meunier, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Andrea Solari, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, and Joachim von Sandrart. After him are Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Giuseppe Crespi, Françoise Gilot, Clara Peeters, Andreas Achenbach, and Émile Friant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Bernard Buffet ranks 107. Before him are Christa Ludwig, Ernest Simoni, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Đorđe Martinović incident, Michel Serrault, and Fats Domino. After him are Ida Haendel, Seymour Papert, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Vladimir Beara, Sara Montiel, and Elliott Erwitt. Among people deceased in 1999, Bernard Buffet ranks 52. Before him are Nathalie Sarraute, Benjamin Bloom, Joe D'Amato, Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Grover Washington Jr., and Lajos Tichy. After him are André Martinet, Dirk Bogarde, Brion James, Fabrizio De André, Rafael Alberti, and Henri, Count of Paris.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bernard Buffet ranks 1,615 out of 6,770. Before him are Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665), Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922), Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807), Roland Topor (1938), Étienne Marcel (1315), and Raymond Loewy (1893). After him are Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715), André Martinet (1908), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), Roger Caillois (1913), Fulcher of Chartres (1059), and Odo of Cluny (878).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Bernard Buffet ranks 106. Before him are Fernand Cormon (1845), Jean Clouet (1480), Nicolas de Largillière (1656), André Lhote (1885), Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754), and Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807). After him are Françoise Gilot (1921), Émile Friant (1863), Paloma Picasso (1949), Pierre Puget (1620), Jules Dupré (1811), and Charles-André van Loo (1705).

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