# Adrien Barrère artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:17:17.045Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: French
- Common media: Posters, Painting, Caricature

## Portrait

![Adrien Barrère](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Adrien_Barr%C3%A8re14.jpg)
Adrien Barrère · see-source-page
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Barr%C3%A8re

## About Adrien Barrère

Adrien Barrère (1874–1931), a professional name associated with Adrien Baneux, was a French poster artist, painter, and caricaturist active in Paris during the Belle Époque. He is particularly connected with theatre and early cinema advertising, fields that placed graphic artists at the center of the capital's popular entertainment culture. Sources also identify painting as part of his practice, while French and German biographical summaries emphasize his work in posters and caricature. Barrère was especially visible during the years immediately preceding the First World War. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on theatrical or film-related posters, caricature-driven graphic works, and paintings rather than within a single uniform category. That range matters for identification: a promotional print and an original painted work can share an artist attribution while differing substantially in purpose, production method, and market context. His documented Parisian activity and entertainment subjects provide useful starting points for researching inscriptions, dates, publishers, and depicted performers or productions.

## Common works and media

Works associated with Barrère commonly enter research and appraisal contexts as theatre or cinema posters, caricature-oriented graphic material, and paintings. Poster subjects may relate to performers, productions, or film promotion. Classification should distinguish an original drawing or painting from a mechanically reproduced poster, and should record inscriptions, printing information, dimensions, condition, and any publisher or production details visible on the object.

## Market and appraisal context

Barrère's market should be assessed by separating posters, paintings, and caricature-related graphic works. For a poster, the production method, publisher, dimensions, date, entertainment subject, and whether the sheet is an original-period printing may be important, but those details must be established from the individual object. Paintings require their own medium, support, condition, provenance, and attribution analysis. Theatre or cinema associations can help place a work within Barrère's documented practice, while date may clarify its relationship to his Belle Époque activity. Relevant public auction records are most useful when the comparable lots match the same work type and context. The supplied sources do not support a general price forecast, and auction results should not be applied across materially different categories without further evidence.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2825121
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500103823
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/24871418/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004089813
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14296404v
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Barr%C3%A8re
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Barr%C3%A8re
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Barr%C3%A8re
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/adrien-barrere/