Adrien Karbowsky Explained

Adrien Karbowsky
Birth Date:15 December 1855
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Occupation:Painter, decorator and architect

Adrien Karbowsky (15 December 1855 – 14 March 1945) was a French painter, decorator and architect.He is known for his Art Nouveau murals and tapestry designs.

Life

Adrien Karbowsky was born on 15 December 1855.He was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Lavastre, who decorated the Paris Opera, and of Justin Lequien.Karbowski also studied under Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.His Le bras Mignot, à Poissy was exhibited at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français in 1881 in the Palais des Champs-Élysées, Paris.On 1 May 1886 his Calendrier républicain was shown at the Salon.At the Salon of 1889 he received an honorable mention.

Karbowsky became a leading decorator in the Art Nouveau style. He collaborated with Frantz Jourdain and Puvis de Chavannes.Karbowsky was made a knight of the Legion of Honour in 1902.He became a member of the Société de l'Art à L'École, founded in 1906 with the aim of improving public taste by teaching public school students about art and decorating the schools.A reviewer for American Art News wrote in February 1918,

In 1923 Karbowsky was among the 27 dissenting members of the board of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts who formed a new and more eclectic Salon with the encouragement of the Minister of Fine Arts. The plan was to exhibit paintings and sculptures ranging in style from the most conservative to the most advanced. The Salon would be held in springtime, at the peak season for visitors to Paris.

Adrien Karbowsky died on 14 March 1945, aged 89.

Selected works

Karbowsky contributed decorative tapestry designs for the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins.He also designed tapestries for the Manufacture Nationale de Tapisseries de Beauvais.He designed the decorative silk tapestries in pink for the Salon du Bois in the Museum of Decorative Arts, opened in 1900 in the Pavilion de Marsan of the Louvre Palace.Murals include:

Salons and exhibitions

Sources

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