Georges Barbier (1882 - 1932) France
Ink and Watercolor on Paper
Measure 8 1/2"in H x 12 1/2"in W and 13"in H x 17"in W with frame

Known for: Art Deco fashion magazine illlustration, drawing, stage-set design, decoration
Biography: A painter and illustrator, George Barbier studied in Nantes before entering the studio of Jean-Paul Laurens at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He first came to public attention with an exhibition of some ninety drawings at the Galerie Boutet de Monvel in Paris in 1911. Among the leading illustrators of the Art Deco* movement, Barbier provided fashion plates for some of the leading couturiers of the period, notably Paul Poiret, Jeanne Lanvin and Madeleine Vionnet. He also produced designs for stage sets and theatre costumes, such as at the Folies Bergere, as well as fabrics, fans and wallpaper. As the scholar and collector Gordon Ray has noted of Barbier, By epitomizing the more refined fantasies of the Parisian world of pleasure during the [1920s], he became the most haunting of Art Deco artist. In later years he designed advertisements for Cartier, Renault and other companies. As the novelist and critic Edmond Jaloux noted of the artist, George Barbier is one of the most valuable and most significant artists of our time, so rich in all kinds of talent and original ideas. When our age is past it will take just a few drawings of Barbier to revive the taste and spirit of our time. Barbier died at the age of fifty, at the peak of his career. In recent years, there have been important exhibitions of the artistâ€â„¢s work in Venice in 2008-2009 and Toronto in 2013.

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