Charles Barbant
{{Short description|French wood engraver and illustrator}}
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Charles Barbant (15 July 1844, Paris – 10 May 1921, Paris) was a French wood-engraver and illustrator.
Biography
His father was the engraver, Nicolas Barbant (1806–1879), from whom he received his first lessons. After having worked for the wood-engraver Jean Best (1808–1879) at the "Atelier ABL", from 1863 to 1866, he became an associate of his father.[http://data.bnf.fr/14977943/andrew-best-leloir/ "Andrew-Best-Leloir"], @ BnF In 1871, he married Louise Angélina Gauchard; daughter of the wood-engraver, Félix-Jean Gauchard (1825–1872). Following her death in 1894, he married one of his students, {{ill|Marie-Juliette Aliot|fr|Marie-Juliette Aliot-Barbant}}.[http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMTktMDktMTMiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MjQ0Njc5O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=-627%2C-50&uielem_rotate=F&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=140 Archives de Paris 8e, acte de mariage #167, 1894 (page 29/31)]
His workshop was one of the largest in Paris; specializing in wood engraving for multiple reproductions; generally in the form of a stamp. He was part of a small clique of engravers; with {{ill|Charles Laplante|fr}}, Henri Théophile Hildibrand and Fortuné Méaulle, who worked for Louis Hachette. Between 1869 and 1882, he was part of a group providing illustrations for the works of Jules Verne; together with illustrators such as Léon Benett, Jules Férat, Henri de Montaut, Édouard Riou and George Roux.
In the 1880s, one of his apprentices was {{ill|Gôda Kiyoshi|de}}, who later became one of the masters of Japanese wood-engraving. His son, Auguste, also became an engraver and his daughter, Blanche, married the Brazilian illustrator, Henrique Alvim Corrêa. His daughter from his first marriage, Jeanne Paule Julie, married the composer, {{ill|Edmond Missa|fr}}.État civil du 6e arrondissement de Paris, acte de mariage n° 311.
In addition to the illustrations for Verne, he made wood-engravings from drawings by Gustave Doré.
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Category:19th-century French engravers
Category:French wood engravers