Editing George Barbier (illustrator) (section)

== Biography ==
[[Image:Paquin3.jpg|thumb|200px|Illustration by George Barbier, published in the ''[[Gazette du Bon Ton]]'']]

Born in [[Nantes]], France on 16 October 1882,<ref>{{cite book|author-link1=Bernard Le Nail |date=2010 |first1=Bernard |isbn=978-2-363-12000-7 |last1=Le Nail |location=Pornic |page=25 |publisher=Le Temps éditeur |title=Dictionnaire biographique de Nantes et de Loire-Atlantique}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> 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 design|fashion]] illustrations.<ref>[http://www.luxurytraveler.com/The_birth_of_art_deco.html « The birth of art deco »] sur <nowiki>''</nowiki>''luxurytraveler.com''.</ref>

For the next 20 years Barbier led a group from the [[Ecole des Beaux Arts]] who were nicknamed by ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' "The Knights of the Bracelet"&mdash;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 (artist)|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. He is buried in [[Cemetery Miséricorde]], Nantes.<ref name="findagrave">{{cite web |title=Georges Augustin Barbier (1882-1932) - Find A... |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152912613/georges-augustin-barbier |website=www.findagrave.com |accessdate=2 September 2018}}</ref>