12 Facts About Raoul Barre

Vital Achille Raoul Barre was a Canadian and American cartoonist, animator of the silent film era, and painter.

Raoul Barre was born in Montreal, Quebec, the only artistic child of an wine merchants and importers.

Raoul Barre moved to New York City in the United States in 1903.

In 1912, Raoul Barre saw an animated film that inspired him to go into the industry .

In 1916, William Randolph Hearst, multi-millionaire and newspaper magnate, started a rival animation studio called International Film Service and hired most of Raoul Barre's animators, including Bill Nolan, by paying them more money than Raoul Barre could provide.

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Raoul Barre was reduced to being a contractor for IFS, animating the series Phables.

Raoul Barre did what he could to improve the quality of the animation in his films, investing some of the profits into art classes for the animators .

Raoul Barre retired from animation in 1919, amid rumors of a nervous breakdown.

In 1925, Raoul Barre came to long for the world of animation again, as a replacement for Bill Nolan since he left for the Krazy Kat cartoons.

The cartoons Raoul Barre created for Sullivan are considered the best he ever did, as well as the best Felix cartoons ever made .

Raoul Barre retired from animation the second time in 1927, this time on a high note.

Raoul Barre spent the last few years of his life drawing oil paintings and political cartoons, while starting his own art school.