Key moments
Major exhibitions
Both during his lifetime and after his death, several renowned museums and institutions have organized exhibitions dedicated to Bernard Buffet. Among the main ones are:
- 1954 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (USA)
- 1956 Venice Biennale (Italy)
- 1963 Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (Japan)
- 1963 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Japan)
- 1978 Postal Museum, Paris (France)
- 1991 Pushkin Museum, Moscow (Russia)
- 1991 State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg (Russia)
- 1993 Courbet Museum, Ornans (France)
- 1996 Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (Taiwan)
- 2006 Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (Netherlands)
- 2008 Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt (Germany)
- 2009 Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille (France)
- 2010 Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo (Japan)
- 2015 Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku (Azerbaijan)
- 2017 Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris (France)
- 2019 Seoul Art Center, Seoul (South Korea)
- 2024 Fontevraud Abbey Museum of Modern Art, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye (France)
Annual Themes
Throughout most of his career, Bernard Buffet divided his work between a major annual theme, resulting in often large and thematically coherent works, and smaller, more varied creations.
Between 1952 and 2000, the annual themes were presented at exhibitions organized by the art dealer Maurice Garnier.
List of Annual Themes:
- 1952 La Passion du Christ
- 1953 Paysages
- 1954 Intérieurs
- 1955 Horreur de la Guerre
- 1956 Le Cirque
- 1957 Paysages de Paris
- 1958 Jeanne d'Arc
- 1959 New York
- 1960 Les Oiseaux
- 1961 Portraits d'Annabel
- 1962 La Chapelle de Château l'Arc
- 1963 Venise
- 1964 Le Muséum de Bernard Buffet
- 1965 Les Écorchés
- 1966 Femmes Déshabillées
- 1967 La Corrida
- 1968 Les Plages
- 1969 Églises de France
- 1970 Châteaux de la Loire
- 1971 Les Folles
- 1972 Danièle et Virginie
- 1973 Les Bateaux
- 1974 Paysages
- 1975 Paysages
- 1976 Paysages de Neige
- 1977 L'Enfer de Dante
- 1978 La Révolution Française
- 1979 Les Fleurs
- 1980 Nus
- 1981 Le Japon
- 1982 Autoportraits
- 1983 Paysages
- 1984 Petits Formats
- 1985 L'Automobile
- 1986 Les Pays-Bas
- 1987 Vues de Venise
- 1988 Sumo et Kabuki
- 1988 Natures Mortes
- 1989 Don Quichotte
- 1990 Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers
- 1990 La Bretagne
- 1991 Vues de New York
- 1991 Souvenirs d'Italie
- 1992 Les Clowns Musiciens
- 1992 Saint-Pétersbourg
- 1993 L'Empire ou les Plaisirs de la Guerre
- 1993 Promenade Provençale
- 1994 L'Odyssée
- 1995 Les Sept Péchés Capitaux
- 1996 Pékin
- 1997 Régates
- 1998 La Maison
- 1999 Mes Singes
- 2000 La Mort (posthumously)