George Barbier, Le Bonheur du Jour, Original Stencil, 1929

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Le Bonheur du Jour by George Barbier (Nantes, 1889 - Paris, 1932) is and original artwork realized in 1929 cover … Read more Le Bonheur du Jour by George Barbier (Nantes, 1889 - Paris, 1932) is and original artwork realized in 1929 cover of the homonymous suite of pochoir realized by Barbier\. Original colored pochoir on cardboard. Perfect conditions. George Barbier (Nantes, 1889 - Paris, 1932). He was a French painter, illustrator and fashion designer. A pupil of Jean Paul Laurens at the National Higher School of Fine Arts in Paris, he began exhibiting at the Salon des Humorists in 1910, under the pseudonym of Edouard William. During the following years he exhibited at the Boutet de Monvel Gallery. from 1912 until he lived, Barbier was regularly present at the Salon of Decorating Artists. He also worked for satirical journals, such as Le rire or La Baionnette, and for fashion magazines, such as La gazette du bon ton, to which he supplied not only drawings but also texts, Modes et manières d'aujourd'hui, Les feuillets d'Art, Foemina, Vogue, Comoedia illustré, The newspaper of ladies and fashions, always using the pochoir technique, which he preferred, in a masterly way. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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