Arbus, Andre
(1903 - 1966)
 As with his contemporaries, Leleu, Adnet and Ruhlmann, Andre Arbus created furniture and decorative items that are now acknowledged masterpieces. Born into a family of furniture makers (both his father and grandfather were cabinetmakers), Arbus was a technically proficient designer with the innate ability to not only create a piece of furniture but to envision the overall interior it would go into, or even build a room to house it. Arbus used the most exotic materials available, and often applied labor-intensive and costly techniques such as lacquer, inlay and metalwork to embellish his work. Arbus made his mark at an early age. He graduated from the Ecole Des Beaux Arts. By 1926, Arbus was selling custom pieces and in 1932 he opened his own gallery in Paris. In 1937 he exhibited at the World's Fair in Paris. Arbus considered himself a traditionalist, incorporating the best of French furniture making tradition and techniques into his own work. But he was also forward thinking and often collaborated with the foremost artisans of his day to produce his timeless pieces.
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