Known as the "successor of post-war realism", Buffet is a genius artist who is admired by Andy Warhol and even praised by the master Picasso. His innate creative talents prompted this young student to work day and night in an unheated studio in the cold winter, relying on the sunlight through the skylight to create wholeheartedly. He wanted his works to be seen by the world, and transformed from the ruthlessness and predicament of war into his unique aesthetic. Buffet started to show his prowess when he first participated in the exhibition “Salon des Moins de Trente Ans” in 1946 and the “Salon des Indépendants” in 1947. He received the young painting prize in the competition held by the Galerie Drouant-David and awarded with “Prix de la Critique” from the Galerie Saint-Placid in 1948. Buffet's talent and natural endowments immediately attracted the attention of many well-known collectors and art dealers, who collected his works one after another, and invited him with opportunities to collaborate in exhibitions. Among them, the dealer Maurice Garnier, from the Galerie Visconti in the very beginning, to the Galerie David-Garnier and finally the Galerie Maurice Garnier, they collaborated for half a century, and he is so important to get Buffet's artistic career forward. Since 1952, every February, the gallery will launch a new exhibition of Buffet with different themes, and the practice of attending the opening ceremony of the exhibition has become such an annual event of the art world in Paris.

“Île de Port-Cros” is a work with the artist's usual gloomy and serious style, with strong oriental symbols clearly is under the influence of Ukiyo-e. Undoubtedly it his masterpiece in the 1950s, the melancholy and depressed atmosphere in the painting express his consistent style. It also reflects the ability of the artist who is constantly seeking innovation and change. Buffet has always demonstrated his painting techniques with clean lines, and the lugubrious scent in his paintings highlights the inherent complex features of his aesthetics. He reached an unprecedented peak of fame in the 1950s and became the backbone of the new wave of post-war France, a young talent so capable of leading France back to dominate the art world. Even in the most ordinary local French scenes in his works can discover his authentic and unrivalled perspective and worldview, injecting new life into the commonplace themes, and transforming them into exquisite and moving masterpieces.