11 Facts About Adrien Karbowsky

Adrien Karbowsky was a French painter, decorator and architect.

Adrien Karbowsky is known for his Art Nouveau murals and tapestry designs.

Adrien Karbowsky was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Lavastre, who decorated the Paris Opera, and of Justin Lequien.

Adrien Karbowsky collaborated with Frantz Jourdain and Puvis de Chavannes.

Adrien Karbowsky was made a knight of the Legion of Honour in 1902.

Adrien Karbowsky became a member of the Societe de l'Art a L'Ecole, founded in 1906 with the aim of improving public taste by teaching public school students about art and decorating the schools.

Adrien Karbowsky was wounded at Soupir and fought as a sergeant at the Mort Homme.

In 1923 Adrien Karbowsky was among the 27 dissenting members of the board of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts who formed a new and more eclectic Salon with the encouragement of the Minister of Fine Arts.

Adrien Karbowsky contributed decorative tapestry designs for the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins.

Adrien Karbowsky designed tapestries for the Manufacture Nationale de Tapisseries de Beauvais.

Adrien Karbowsky 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.