George Barbier (illustrator), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Barbier (illustrator)

French artist

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1882

Place of Birth: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 16-Mar-1932

Profession: painter, choreographer, fashion designer, fashion illustrator

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

George Barbier (French: [???? ba?bje]), né Georges Augustin Barbier, (1882–1932) 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.



Alternative names	Georges Barbier
Description	French illustrator
Date of birth/death	16 October 1882	16 March 1932
Location of birth/death	rue Contrescarpe	Paris
Authority control	: Q536721 VIAF: 36914178 ISNI: 0000 0000 8115 145X ULAN: 500031474 LCCN: n81120607 Open Library: OL4265090A WorldCat