William Barribal Explained

William Barribal
Birth Name:	William Henry Barribal
Birth Date:	1874
Nationality:	English
Occupation:	Painter, artist, former lithographer
Known For:	World War 1 Recruitment posters, Schweppes posters

William Henry Barribal (1874–1952) was an English artist from London who began his career as a lithographer before going on to study at the Académie Julian in Paris.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

By the turn of the 20th century, Barribal had become an accomplished painter and designer. He created a series of images that were used on First World War recruitment posters in Great Britain.^{[1] [3]} During the 1920s and 1930s he created a range of posters for the Schweppes advertising campaign^[4] and in 1921, he was contracted to work for Waddingtons,^[5] producing work that was used for posters and later a series of playing cards,^{[6] [7]} these works being keenly sought after today.^[8] His bold Art Deco posters designed in the 1920s and 1930s for the London and North Eastern Railway are also well known.^[9] His wife, Gertrude Louisa Fannie Pitt, was his principal model and his work also included cigarette cards on which she appeared.

Barribal also worked for various magazines, including the leading fashion journal Vogue, and between 1919 and 1938, he regularly exhibited his work. His images of exquisite and fashionable Edwardian women have become classics and the work of many modern fashion artists shows traces of the unmistakable "Barribal style".

External links

• Waddington’s "Barribal" Series on The World Of Playing Cards website
• "The Smiling Huntsman" on the Art UK's Your Paintings website
• Poster for Euthymol Toothpaste on the British Council website

Notes and References

1. Book: Gosling, Lucinda. Brushes & Bayonets: Cartoons, Sketches & Paintings of World War I. 2008. Osprey Publishing. Oxford. 9781846030956. 200.
2. Web site: William H Barribal (1873-1956) Panter & Hall . www.panterandhall.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160525015213/http://www.panterandhall.com/artist/william-h-barribal-1873-1956/Available-or-Enquire . 2016-05-25.
3. Book: Hynes, Samuel. A War Imagined: The First World War and English Culture. 199. Random House. London. 9781446467923. 514.
4. Book: Simmons, Douglas A.. Schweppes® The First 200 Years. 1983. Springwood Books. London. 0-86254-104-2. registration.
5. Book: Watson, Victor. The Waddingtons Story: From the early days to Monopoly, the Maxwell bids and into the next Millennium. 2008. Northern Heritage Publications. 978-1906600365. 11.
6. Web site: Waddington's "Barribal" Series, 1933. World of Playing Cards. 30 April 2012.
7. Antiques Roadshow, Series 34, Episode 21, Yorkshire Museum 2 . Antiques Roadshow . Antiques Roadshow . Presenter: Fiona Bruce, Producer: Michele Burgess, Series Editor: Simon Shaw . . . York, England .
8. Under the hammer; Personal Finance. Sunday Times. 21 March 1993. 26 November 2012. 7. London, England. PIN-UP of 1913 by William Barribal ... estimate £1,500.
9. Book: Railway Posters 1923–1947 . 1992 . Laurence King . London . 1-85669-014-8 . Beverley Cole . Richard Durack . 128 . Paperback.