Born 1882 Born in Nantes, French illustrator George 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.
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| Illustrations by George Barbier in the 1910s |
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, as well as writing 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. Here below is a set of amazing photos that shows illustrations by George Barbier in the 1910s.
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| Costume design for Shehérézade, 1910 |
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| Ida Rubinstein and Vaslav Nijinsky in Scheherazade, 1910 |
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| Vaslav Nijinsky (1890-1950) in Schéhérazade, Paris, circa 1910 |
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| Unknown title, 1912 |
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| Asian woman in white, 1913 |
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| Au jardin des hespérides, 1913 |
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| La Folie du Jour, 1913 |
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| Costumes Parisiens, Costume de Yacht, 1914 |
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| Evening Attire, 1914 |
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| Grande robe du soir en brocart, 1914 |
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| Harper's Bazar, November 1914 |
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| L'Étourdissant Petit Poisson..., Robe d'été, Gazette du Bon Ton, May 1914 |
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| L'Îlot, Gazette du Bon-Ton, 1914 |
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| L'Oiseau volage, J'avais un perroquet bleu dont j'étais folle, 1914 |
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| La Belle Matineuse, 1914 |
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| La danse, 1914 |
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| Salomé, Tamara Karsavina, 1914 |
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| La Guerre... à coups d'Aiguille, La Vie Parisienne, May 1, 1915 |
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| La leçon bien apprise, La Guirlande, November 1919 |
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| Le Perroquet Jaloux, 1919 |
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