André Arbus
André Pierre Léon Arbus (born November 17, 1903 in Toulouse , Haute-Garonne , France , † December 12, 1969 in Paris ) was a French interior decorator , sculptor , architect and university lecturer .
Life
Arbus comes from an old cabinetmaker family from Toulouse, and according to his own words, he grew up in a carpentry workshop . After studying at the École des beaux-arts de Toulouse , he first worked in his father's workshop. As early as 1925 he took part in the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern in Paris . Until he moved to Paris in 1932, his works were regularly participating in the Salon des artistes décorateurs and the Salon d'Automne .
In 1935 Arbus received the Prix Blumenthal and had his first solo exhibition in the Galerie des Quatre chemins . In the 1930s he worked with designers such as Vadim Androusov and was friends with the sculptors Henry Pareyre and Sylva Bernt . In 1937 he designed a house in the Île-de-France , the house of a French family , a restaurant in the center of the (French) regions and various furnishings at the World Exhibition in Paris . In addition to regularly participating in the Paris salons, he designed the French part of the exhibition at the World Exhibition in New York in 1939.
After the Second World War , Arbus was involved in refurbishing various castles, for example in Rambouillet and the Elysée Palace in Paris, partly in collaboration with Louis Süe and Jean-Charles Moreux . From 1950 he was a professor at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris .
In the early 1950s, Arbus was the architect of the lighthouse on the Île du Planier , eight nautical miles from the port of Marseille , which had been blown up by German troops on their retreat in 1944.
Prizes and awards
- 1936: Awarded by the French Ministry of Agriculture.
- 1954: Appointed officer of the Legion of Honor on September 6, 1954.
- 1965: Elected member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts .
literature
- Yvonne Brunhammer, Marie-Laure Perrin, Yves Gastou: André Arbus 1903–1969 . Norma, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-909283-84-4 . (French)
Web links
- Examples of his works (fr.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arbus, André |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arbus, André Pierre Léon (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French interior decorator, sculptor, architect and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th November 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toulouse |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1969 |
| Place of death | Paris |