L'Art Déco de George Barbier

George Barbier (1882 - 1932) was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century. 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. 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.

Music by Michael Nyman, 'Up for crabs'.

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• Barbier

[Euterperocks]

Lovely anthology of his work. 2:12 was always a personal favorite. You didn't include any of my other favorites which only goes to show how prolific his output was. Thank you for sharing!

[shivabel]

Yes...for this video i wanted absolutely this song of Nyman, because i just think it goes perfect with the images (btw 'A zed and two noughts' is one of my fav soundtracks)...but unfortunately this is also a very short song, so i was forced to choose only few works of Barbier. I'm sorry if i've eliminate your favorite images, but i think you can understand me

[Thermionman1970]

Absoluely beautiful and the music is very moving!

[marta0478]

Fantastic video!! there isn't much about Art Deco with additional information like this one. Congratulations!

[Camdentown100]

I love Art Deco. But I like the French style, very decorative (floral).

I do not like bauhaus. He is too simple and kitsch. I love the Egyptian theme. When found the tomb of Tutankhamun there was a Polish painter orientalist - Aleksander Laszenko.

I love it all. Exotic style is for me the most beautiful style in the world.

GREETINGS FROM POLAND.

[modlicliani]

And I always thought it was about Erte,thanks so much

[almacattleya]

Che raffinatezza, che eleganza! Io adoro quel periodo!

[Euterperocks]

No need to apologize! As I say, the fact that you were unable to include some of my favorites only serves to demonstrate what a wealth of work there is to choose from. The video is perfectly lovely!

[healthyaddixion]

love this era. awesome video as always.