Bernard Buffet In Paris On 10 July 1928, He Was A Painter, Lithographer, And Etcher Who Studied At The Paris École Des Beaux-Arts And Gained Early Critical Acclaim And Fortune Through His Prolific Output – Buffet Painted More Than 8,000 Works In His Lifetime – And Immediately Recognizable Stylistic Manner. Active During A Time When Abstraction Was The Predominant Artistic Style, Buffet Defended Representational Art And Was An Active Member Of The Anti-Abstraction Group L’homme Témoin (The Witness-Man).