Watercolor By Antoine Barbier 1859 1948 The Gatekeeper's Bridge 37 Cm X 27 Cm Signed Lower Right

Watercolor by Antoine Barbier 1859 1948 The Bridge of the Gatekeeper 37 Cm X 27 Cm without frame. Antoine Barbier, born May 10, 1859 in Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay and died February 8, 1948 in Lyon, is a French watercolorist and orientalist painter. In 1925, he won a silver medal at the Salon des artistes français, of which he was a member, and was then placed in Hors-Concours. Grand Prix of the Lyon Society of Fine Arts and medal of honor, he became president of the Lyon section of the Friendly Society of French Painters and Sculptors. Member of the Academy of Sciences, Belles-Lettres and Arts of Lyon, he exhibited, among others, at the Salon d'hiver, the Salon des paysagistes français, in Lyon, Algiers, Geneva, Saint-Etienne, etc. His works are preserved at the Carnavalet Museum in Lyon, Bern, Brussels, Oxford, Algiers, Cairo, etc. He also decorated the Roanne Chamber of Commerce. There is a rue Antoine Barbier in Lyon. Bibliography Édouard-Joseph, Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Artists, volume 1, AE, Art & Édition, 1930, p. 76 “Barbier, Antoine”, in Dictionnaire Bénézit, 2006 (read online [archive]) Antoine Barbier, a traveling painter, Lyon, Édition Jacques André, 2009, 144 p. (ISBN 978-2-7570-0176-9, BNF 42120815) Isabelle Collon, "BARBIER Antoine", Dominique Saint-Pierre (dir.), Historical Dictionary of the Academicians of Lyon 1700-2016, Lyon: Editions de l'Académie (4, avenue Adolphe Max, 69005 Lyon), 2017, p. 97-98. External links On other Wikimedia projects: Antoine Barbier, on Wikimedia Commons Authority records: VIAF ISNI BnF (data) IdRef LCCN GND Belgium WorldCat "Antoine Barbier orientalist painter at the Joseph Déchelette Museum [archive]", on culturebox.francetvinfo.fr, France Télévisions, December 10, 2012 Resources relating to fine arts: Bénézit Delarge Musée d'Orsay RKDartists