Raoul Barré
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Raoul Barré | |
| Born | January 29, 1874 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | May 21, 1932 (aged 58) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Vital Achille Raoul Barré (January 29, 1874 – May 21, 1932) was a Canadian cartoonist, animator of the silent film era, and painter. Initially known as a political cartoonist, he originated the French Canadian comic strip, then crossed over into animated film and started his own studio, a pioneering effort. As a painter, he is considered an Impressionist, evoking atmosphere and light with visible, choppy strokes of paint, whose paintings are in the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.