Gabriel Antoine Barlangue was born in Villeneuve-sur-Lot,
France, on 24 February 1874.
Barlangue studied at the School of Fine Art in Toulouse and
from 1883 in Paris. His masters were Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant.
At the same time he took engraving lessons, with Jean Patricot, Henri-Emile
Lefort and especially with that other stamp engraver, Antonin Delzers.
His private art focused on many themes: landscapes,
portraits, and scenes of everyday life or of a religious nature. He painted,
designed and engraved.
Barlangue's friend Antonin Delzers introduced him to the world
of postal engravings and the various competitions held. In 1928, Barlangue realised his first stamp, that of Joan of
Arc, which would be engraved by Abel Mignon and printed in typo when issued in 1929. His first stamp engraving followed in 1937, when he engraved the 3f value of the French set commemorating the heroic pilot Mermoz. Barlangue would go on to design and/or engrave around 150
stamps for both France and her territories. Of those, the ones that usually receive most praise are his 1944 Chenonceaux Castle stamp, his 1946 'Les invalides' stamp, the Porte de France à Vaucouleurs stamp, as well as his debut stamp portraying Mermoz.
Gabriel Antoine Barlangue passed away in Charenton le Pont on 7 April 1956.
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