Vital Achille Raoul Barré (January 29, 1874 – May 21, 1932) was a Canadian cartoonist, animator of the silent film era, and painter.
Biography[]
Felix The Cat by Raoul Barré (circa 1926).
In 1925, Barré came to long for the world of animation again, as a replacement for Bill Nolan since he left for the Krazy Kat cartoons. He got what he wanted with the position of "guest animator" for Pat Sullivan Studio working on Felix the Cat. The cartoons Barré created for Sullivan are considered the best he ever did, as well as the best Felix cartoons ever made (the chicken antagonist in such cartoons as "Felix Dines and Pines" and "The Oily Bird" was drawn entirely by Barré). Raoul Barré retired from animation the second time in 1927, this time on a high note. Barré spent the last few years of his life drawing oil paintings and political cartoons, while starting his own art school.
Filmography[]
- Two-Lip Time (1926)
- Felix Trumps the Ace (1926)
- Felix Dines and Pines (1927)
- The Oily Bird (1928)