Adrien Barrère
Adrien Barrère(baptised 'Adrien Baneux') (1874Paris– 1931 Paris), was a French poster artist and painter, active in Paris during theBelle Époque.[1]
After studying the law and medicine, Barrère turned to illustrating and particularly to the art ofcaricature,also designing a large number of posters for Parisian cinemas andGrand Guignol.His poster with caricatures of the Paris Medical Faculty, the original of which is held atUniversity of Rouenand twice the size (72 x 116 cm; 28¼ "x 45¾" ) of later copies, was immensely popular - no medical student left without a copy - and 420 000 copies were printed.[2]
His collaboration withPathéwas particularly successful, including a famous poster titled"Tous y mènent leurs enfants".In 1912,Le Courrier Cinématographique,a corporate journal, described him as 'Pathé's man of the hour and designer of more than two hundred posters of unfettered verve and imagination'.
Barrère chronicled and caricatured performers of the Paris stage, adopting a kindlier approach than that ofToulouse-Lautrec.[3]
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- ^Posters Please
- ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-13.Retrieved2011-02-22.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^Encyclopaedia of Cinema PersonalitiesArchivedJuly 20, 2011, at theWayback Machine
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