George Barbier 7 (French, 1882-1932)

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George Barbier
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Pocahontas meeting John Smith
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George
Barbier
French illustrators of the early 20th century
In the France that emerged from World War I,
George Barbier, then in his 30s, was one of the
best-known artist-designers, especially famous as
a creator of the brilliantly colored fashion
plates that had been launched by the couturier
Paul Poiret a decade earlier, and of jewelry for
Cartier.
Born in Nantes, France on October 10, 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.
Yet when he died in 1932, at the age of 50, his
name rapidly sank into obscurity. "George
Barbier The Birth of Art Deco" at the Fortuny
Museum in Venice, is the first posthumous
exhibition of his work. It show more than 200
paintings, fashion plates, drawings, dresses,
books, articles, manuscripts, photographs and
other pieces Contributing to his disappearance
were his own reticence and a surprising
sparseness of biographical information. Born into
a prosperous bourgeois family in the provincial
town of Nantes, he lived a clearly very different
lifestyle in Paris, where he frequented
unmistakably, if not exclusively, homosexual
circles - he was, for example, an intimate of the
dandy and poet Robert de Montesquiou, who
introduced him to Marcel Proust. His burial in
his home town was conducted with a discretion
bordering on the furtive, and none of his
descendants seem to have tried to keep his memory
alive.
George Barbier (1882 - 1932) portrait by
Charles Martin
George Barbier studied at the Ecole des Beaux
Arts and began his career as a costume and set
designer for the Ballets Russes. Barbier is
considered one of the very finest illustrators in
the Art Deco genre, although much of his work is
done in a Greek classic style influenced by his
love of antiquities. Barbier was passionate about
dance and illustrated many books on the subject.
Renowned for his work in costume and fashion
illustration, Barbier also explored poster art,
textile and wallpaper design, packaging and
postcards. His books, particularly those done in
collaboration with Francois-Louis Schmied are
masterpieces in Art Deco book illustration. These
titles include "Les Chansons de Bilitis," 1922
"Personnages de Comedie,"1922 "Poemes en Prose,"
1928 and "Vies Imaginaires," 1929.
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Text Pictures Internet All copyrights belong
to their respective owners Presentation Sanda
Foisoreanu
Sound Cecilia Bartoli Léo Delibes - Les
Filles de Cadix, bolero for voice piano
Georges Bizet - Chant d'amour, song for voice
piano
2011