Bernard Buffet
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Bernard Buffet (July 10, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was a French painter.
Buffet was born in Paris, France, and studied art there at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (National School of the Fine Arts) and worked in the studio of the painter Narbonne. Among his classmates were Maurice Boitel, Louis Vuillermoz and Suzor-Coté .
Sustained by the picture-dealer Maurice Garnier, Buffet produced religious pieces, landscapes, portraits and still-lifes. He had at least one major exhibition every year.
Buffet was married to the writer and singer Annabel Buffet (née Schwob). One of Buffet's disciples, Jean Claude Gaugy[1], was the father of Linear Expressionism.
He committed suicide at his home in Tourtour, Southern France, on October 4, 1999. Buffet was suffering from Parkinson's disease and was no longer able to work. Police said that Buffet died around 4 p.m after putting his head in a plastic bag attached around his neck with tape.
