André Pierre Léon Arbus was a French architect, decorator and sculptor of the twentieth century, born in Toulouse on November 17, 1903, died in Paris on December 12, 1969.he belongs to an old family of cabinetmakers Toulouse.

After attending the Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat, he began a law degree and enrolled in the Toulouse School of Fine Arts where he met the sculptor Henry Parayre. He joined his father's cabinetmaker's workshop. In 1925, he participated in the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, and won a silver medal with a dressing table made with his friend Marc Saint-Saëns. He exhibited regularly at the Salons des artistes décorateurs and the Salon d'automne.

In 1932, he moved to Paris, rue Gazan and opened an office at 24, avenue Matignon. In June, the Quatre-Chemins gallery exhibited a dozen of his works.

The sycamore table decorated with masks by the Russian sculptor Androusov that he presented to the jury of the American Blumenthal Foundation in 1934 won him the prize unanimously by the jurors, which rewards young French talent.

From 1934 to 1954, he continued to follow the work carried out in the family studio, travelling to Toulouse every week. Very attached to his native region, his friendships often lead to artistic collaborations. The decorator Georges Soutiras, the sculptors Joseph Monin and Henry Parayre, as well as the cardboard painter Marc Saint-Saëns regularly contributed to his creations.

At the 1937 World's Fair, he presented "Une demeure en Île-de-France", "La maison d'une famille française", a restaurant at the Regional Center and several furniture ensembles. At that time, he was located at 75, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré.

In addition to important participations in the salons of decorative artists and exhibitions, in 1939 he represented the French section at the International Exhibition in New York.

From 1950, he exhibited his works as a sculptor at the Tuileries and Autumn shows.

His memoir of proposal "exceptionally" to the rank of officer of the Legion of Honor in 1954 reveals the work done for the presidential residences, administrative hotels, liners ...

He was elected in 1965 to the Academy of Fine Arts.

He also worked on architecture, such as the Planier lighthouse and the Mirabeau marine fire station, built in 1942 in Marseille.