Illustrator and designer
George Barbier
Art Deco illustrator whose fashion plates set Paris couture in theatrical scenes.
On Picturepops™ cards · 10
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Crisp in the Fallby George Barbier and F. Scott Fitzgerald$13.00$18.00 -
Whole Damn Bunchby George Barbier and F. Scott Fitzgerald$13.00$18.00 -
Deeper in Loveby George Barbier and F. Scott Fitzgerald$13.00$18.00 -
Midnight Hilarityby George Barbier and F. Scott Fitzgerald$13.00$18.00 -
Actually Invitedby George Barbier and F. Scott Fitzgerald$13.00$18.00 -
Slid Over This Bridgeby George Barbier and F. Scott Fitzgerald$13.00$18.00 -
Large Partiesby George Barbier and F. Scott Fitzgerald$13.00$18.00 -
The Longest Dayby George Barbier and F. Scott Fitzgerald$13.00$18.00 -
Proximity of Millionairesby George Barbier and F. Scott Fitzgerald$13.00$18.00 -
Rare Smilesby George Barbier and F. Scott Fitzgerald$13.00$18.00
The life
1882-1932Born Nantes, France
George Barbier, born Georges Augustin Barbier in Nantes, trained in Paris and held his first exhibition in 1911. He soon became a sought-after fashion illustrator, drawing for the Gazette du Bon Ton, the Journal des Dames et des Modes and other luxury magazines, and designing costumes for theatre, ballet and the Folies Bergère. Vogue nicknamed his circle of stylish young illustrators, which included Charles Martin, 'the Knights of the Bracelet'. From 1922 to 1926 he produced Falbalas et Fanfreluches, a yearly almanac of fashion plates coloured by hand through stencils. He also designed jewellery, glass and wallpaper and illustrated many books. He died in Paris in 1932. Picturepops cards use his Gazette du Bon Ton and Falbalas et Fanfreluches plates of 1920 to 1924.