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The most famous artist in the world at twenty-one — then the art world forgot him. Bernard Buffet became a global sensation in post-war Paris, and Nicholas Foulkes’s The Invention of the Modern Mega-artist is the first in-depth biography of the French painter, written with the cooperation of the Buffet estate.
Bursting onto the scene in 1948 with stark, angular canvases, Buffet embodied a new kind of artist: young, prolific, glamorous, and unapologetically commercial. Foulkes traces his meteoric rise, his marriage to the beautiful Annabel Schwob, his long eclipse as critics turned against him — and his tragic end in 1999. Along the way, this is also the story of how modern fame itself was invented.
Gripping, gossipy, and deeply researched — essential for anyone fascinated by twentieth-century art, post-war Paris, or the strange machinery of celebrity. A fascinating portrait of art, ambition, and fame.
He was the most famous artist in the world before he turned twenty-one — and then the art world decided to forget him. Bernard Buffet: The Invention of the Modern Mega-artist by Nicholas Foulkes is the first in-depth biography of the French painter who became a global sensation in post-war Paris, written with the cooperation of the Buffet estate.
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Bursting onto the scene in 1948 with his stark, angular canvases, Buffet embodied a new kind of artist: young, prolific, glamorous, and unapologetically commercial. Foulkes traces his meteoric rise, his marriage to the beautiful Annabel Schwob, his long eclipse as critics turned against him — and his tragic end in 1999. Along the way, this is also the story of how modern fame itself was invented.
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Gripping, gossipy, and deeply researched, this biography is essential reading for anyone fascinated by twentieth-century art, post-war Paris, or the strange machinery of celebrity. A fascinating portrait of art, ambition, and fame.
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