Village au soleil, bord de rivière 1973
Village au soleil, bord de rivière 1973
Village au soleil, bord de rivière 1973
Village au soleil, bord de rivière 1973
Village au soleil, bord de rivière 1973

Village au soleil, bord de rivière 1973

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In this evocative 1973 composition titled Village au soleil, bord de rivière, celebrated French painter Bernard Buffet captures a rural landscape suspended between stillness and storm. Characteristic of Buffet’s expressive graphic language, the poster merges linear precision with brooding emotion, presenting a tranquil riverside village under a dramatically streaked sky.

A small house with a steep, warm brown roof sits at the center, nestled along the calm waters, surrounded by slender trees and docked boats. Beyond it, a tightly clustered village recedes into the distance, its rooftops glowing with an almost austere warmth under the filtered light. The vertical sweep of trees—Buffet’s signature angular forms—rise defiantly into a churning gray sky, creating a rhythm of tension and serenity.

Executed with stark brushwork and a melancholic palette of greens, ochres, and grays, this work exemplifies Buffet’s post-war modernist aesthetic, marked by solitude, rural nostalgia, and sharp contrasts. Rather than romanticizing the landscape, Buffet imbues it with psychological depth, as if the viewer is witnessing a moment before or after a storm, quiet yet charged with energy.

This poster is more than a picturesque view—it is a portrait of mood and memory, offering a timeless window into the poetic solitude of the French countryside.

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Expressionism - France - Frédéric Birr

Printed by Draeger in Paris

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