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Artist · 150 prints

George Barbier Prints

About George Barbier

George Barbier was a French illustrator and designer, born in Nantes in 1882 and died in Paris in 1932. After early studies in Nantes he entered the studio of the painter Jean-Paul Laurens at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. A show of around ninety of his drawings at a Paris gallery in 1911 first brought him public attention, and he became one of the leading graphic artists of the years that led into Art Deco.

Barbier is best known for his fashion plates: elegant, flat-coloured scenes of dress and manners drawn for magazines such as the Gazette du Bon Ton, to which he also contributed writing, and the Journal des Dames et des Modes. He drew clothes by Paul Poiret and other couturiers, illustrated books by writers including Verlaine, Pierre Louÿs and Baudelaire, and produced the yearly almanac Falbalas et Fanfreluches in the mid-1920s. George Barbier also designed costumes and sets for the stage, including the Folies Bergère, along with fabrics, fans and wallpaper.

George Barbier prints: reproductions of the French Art Deco fashion plates and illustrations George Barbier drew between 1912 and 1925. Works in the collection include La Flûte de Pan (1923), Vesper, robes du soir de Worth (1922), Nijinski (1913), Le Goût des laques (1920) and Le Printemps (1925).

This selection concentrates on Barbier's fashion plates of evening gowns, coats and day dresses, many by the couture houses Worth, Redfern and Beer, set in gardens, terraces and interiors. It also includes his drawings of the dancers Nijinsky and Karsavina, his theatre costume designs and his 1925 plates of the seasons. The flat colour and fine line keep each scene clear and easy to read from across a room.

The romantic and playful scenes suit bedrooms, dressing rooms and hallways, and several plates together work well as a gallery wall. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with low-glare acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.

More from the Paris fashion illustrators of the same years: Art Deco Fashion Illustrators.

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La Flûte de Pan by George Barbier — A capped piper plays panpipes for a woman on a Greek hilltop
Elle et Lui by George Barbier — A couple share a golden cloak beside a gondola at dusk
Empedocles and Panthea by George Barbier — A crowned man reaches towards a pale woman below a smoking volcano
Araignée du soir… Espoir, robe du soir de Worth [Spider at evening, hope; evening gown by Worth] by George Barbier — A woman in rose stops short as a tiny
Arlequin [Harlequin] by George Barbier — A masked harlequin leans in close to a woman in a dark garden
Midi sur l'eau [Noon on the Water] by George Barbier — A woman stands in the stern of a rowing boat among golden willow
L'Arc rouge [The Red Bow] by George Barbier — A tall woman grips a great red bow as a winged child hauls her arrows
Éventails de Paquin [Fans by Paquin] by George Barbier — Three painted fans: grape vines, a fiery sky, a dance between columns
La Belle Dame sans merci, robe du soir de Worth [Evening gown by Worth] by George Barbier — A woman in a black Worth gown before a fantastical crested bird
L'Étourdissant petit poisson…, robe d'été [The Dazzling Little Fish, summer dress] by George Barbier — A woman teases a goldfish in a tall glass among coral
Robe de linon imprimé [Printed lawn dress] by George Barbier — A woman at the water's edge plays diabolo in a dotted summer dress
Grande robe du soir en tulle et satin, écharpe de velours à glands de perles [Evening gown with velvet sash and pearl tassels] by George Barbier — A pearl rope
Lac de Côme, manteaux de fourrure de Max-A. Leroy [Lake Como, fur coats by Max-A. Leroy] by George Barbier — Two women wrapped in great fur coats face each
L'Averse intempestive, robe pour la Côte d'Azur de Worth [The untimely downpour, Côte d'Azur dress by Worth] by George Barbier — A woman dressed for the
Sheherazade by George Barbier — A turbaned woman with a fan headdress holds a rose before her mirror
L'Oiseau volage [The Fickle Bird] by George Barbier — A woman reaches up to coax a blue parrot back from the branch
La Danse by George Barbier — A couple dance close beside a pineapple-crowned table of fruit
Tailleur de satin gris de perle, chapeau de paille noir [Pearl-grey satin suit, black straw hat] by George Barbier — A woman in pearl-grey satin walks with a
La Voie lactée, robe et manteau pour le soir de Worth [The Milky Way, evening gown and coat by Worth] by George Barbier — Two women in evening dress gaze up at
La Fontaine de coquillages, robe du soir de Paquin [The shell fountain, evening gown by Paquin] by George Barbier — A woman in a pearl-strung gown catches
Robe de chambre [Dressing gown] by George Barbier — A moustached gentleman at home in a vast crimson dressing gown
Tailleur de ratine verte et velours noir, gilet de taffetas fraise [Suit of green ratine and black velvet, strawberry taffeta waistcoat] by George Barbier — A
Un peu… [A Little…] by George Barbier — A woman on a flowered clifftop pulls the petals from a daisy
Alcyone, robe et manteau du soir de Worth [Alcyone, Worth evening gown and coat] by George Barbier — A woman in fur and teal silk faces out before a fountain
Psyché, robe du soir de Worth [Psyche, Worth evening gown] by George Barbier — A woman in a pale Worth gown lifts a lamp beside a tall column
Roses dans la nuit [Roses in the Night] by George Barbier — Two women among red roses under a leafy arch on a deep blue night
Le Coup de vent [The Gust of Wind] by George Barbier — A gust turns a woman's parasol inside out under a shower of blossom
L'Ilot [The Islet] by George Barbier — A man in a black bathing costume attends a woman on a tiny coral rock
Des roses dans la nuit, robe du soir de Worth [Roses in the Night, Worth evening gown] by George Barbier — A woman in ivory satin before a trellis of blue and
Fumée, robe du soir de Beer [Smoke, Beer evening gown] by George Barbier — A woman in a black blossom gown holds a burning paper over a candle
Les Colchiques, manteau de voyage de Paquin [The Autumn Crocuses, Paquin travelling coat] by George Barbier — A woman in a mauve Paquin coat holds a crocus
Falbalas et Fanfreluches, Almanach pour 1923 [Furbelows and Frills, Almanac for 1923] by George Barbier — Three women in pearls and pink plumes around an
Robe de taffetas gris à col et manchettes de linon [Grey taffeta dress with lawn collar and cuffs] by George Barbier — A red-haired woman in grey taffeta poses
Petit manteau de velours, robe de linon [Little velvet cape, lawn dress] by George Barbier — A woman in a striped gown and velvet cape reaches towards
Vesper, robes du soir de Worth by George Barbier — Two women in evening dresses lean together between grey pillars
Pavane, robe du soir de Worth by George Barbier — A woman in a black hooped gown holds pink plumes on a garden terrace
Le Départ pour le casino, manteau du soir de Worth by George Barbier — A couple in evening dress, a red feather fan and a waiting motorcar
La Rose de l'Infante, costume de Worth by George Barbier — A woman in a vast pearl-trimmed court gown holds up a pink rose
Isola Bella, robes du soir de Redfern by George Barbier — Three women hold a flower garland on a terrace above an island lake
Adieu! Manteau du soir de Worth by George Barbier — A woman in a striped evening coat leaves a terrace hung with lanterns
Costumes for theater (Lady with a Mask) by George Barbier — A lady in a vast flowered panniered gown holds up a pale mask
Nijinski by George Barbier — A dancer in a pearl-studded costume leaps among leafy stems
Le Goût des laques by George Barbier — Two women before a lacquer screen of cranes, one touching pink lotus
Le Soir by George Barbier — A man kneels before a woman in white beside a carved figure
Falbalas et Fanfreluches: Paestum by George Barbier — A weeping woman is comforted by a man beside ruined temple columns
Le Langage des fleurs by George Barbier — A young couple in embroidered folk dress sit among pink mountains
Papillons by George Barbier — A woman in pink reaches for butterflies as two friends rest below
Visez au cœur, belles dames! by George Barbier — Archers in pastel gowns and a young man with an arrow at his heart