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Art Deco Poster Art by Georges Barbier.
Georges Barbier - Le Air
Plate #2, Almanac Falbalas et Fanfreluches


George Barbier (1882-1932) - né Georges Augustin Barbier, was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century. Born in Nantes, France on 16 October 1882, Barbier was 29 years old when he mounted his first exhibition in 1911 and was subsequently swept to the forefront of his profession with commissions to design theatre and ballet costumes, to illustrate books, and to produce haute couture fashion illustrations.

For the next 20 years Barbier led a group from the Ecole des Beaux Arts who were nicknamed by Vogue "The Knights of the Bracelet"—a tribute to their fashionable and flamboyant mannerisms and style of dress. Included in this élite circle were Bernard Boutet de Monvel and Pierre Brissaud (both of whom were Barbier's first cousins), Paul Iribe, Georges Lepape, and Charles Martin. During his career Barbier also turned his hand to jewellery, glass and wallpaper design, wrote essays and many articles for the prestigious Gazette du bon ton. In the mid-1920s he worked with Erté to design sets and costumes for the Folies Bergère and in 1929 he wrote the introduction for Erté's acclaimed exhibition and achieved mainstream popularity through his regular appearances in L'Illustration magazine.

Barbier died in 1932 at the very pinnacle of his success. He is buried in Cemetery Miséricorde, Nantes.
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Audslibrary

I think I posted a dozen or more of "Barbier" work. You can find them all by doing a jigidi search?

I'm looking for more art deco!

carolsmc

Yes, this is brilliantly composed. The trees and the figures are so willowy, with lovely curvature in abundance.

Audslibrary

Yes she does Carol . . . I was not properly introduced to Erte to appreciate what she had, tucked away there in remote place. This one, gapgirl, I worked yesterday for the first time and it was a nice piece as a puzzle. You really realize how super think he portrayed these men and women. . . which certainly fits with that lighter-than-air quality here.

You can practically feel that wind mischievously blowing everything hither and yon!

carolsmc

Wow! She has Erte pieces! I see the overlap between his work and Barbier too.

Audslibrary

I've new appreciation for the collection of a Belize neighbor. . . I had never heard of Erte. . . but she had perhaps half a dozen pieces. I see his work influence in Barbier, or vis-versa. Wonderful.

carolsmc

Very nice! I love the aesthetic of this era and obviously, Barbier helped to create it.

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