Monday 18 March 2024

As Well As Japanese Wood Block Artwork,

I do enjoy looking at Art Nouveau and Art Deco prints, 


photograph wikiart.org spanning the gap between both schools was artist George Barbier (French: [ʒɔʁʒ baʁbje]), né Georges Augustin Barbier, (1882–1932) was leading the field, he 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,

all illustrations found at mutualart.com George Barbier, Jeanne Paquin Gown (from the Gazette du Bon Ton), 1914, pochoir print, private collection,

George Barbier, Jeanne Paquin Gown (from the Gazette du Bon Ton), 1914, pochoir print, private collection,

George Barbier, Lady with Panther, 1914, watercolour, private collection,

George Barbier, Le Feu (The Fire) (from Fêtes Galantes), 1925, pochoir print, private collection

George Barbier, Les Liaisons dangereuses, 1920, pochoir print, private collection, George Barbier died on March 16, 1932, at the height of his career, his mark was indelibly made on the Art Deco movement, and by bridging the gap between Art Nouveau and Art Deco he helped usher the latter into existence, for the story that accompanied these prints have a look here.


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