Johanna Korner

Johanna Korner known as Madame Korner (21 July 1891 – 30 March 1969) was born in the Kingdom of Hungary and she became a beauty salon proprietor in Budapest, Paris and finally Sydney.

Life Korner was born in 1891 in Făgăraș. Her parents were Helena (born Springer) and Alfred Adler, Her father was a photographer and her aunt was in the beauty business. She trained, like her aunt, as a beautician in France, Austria and Germany They initially sold to European immigrant women but the habit transferred to Australian-born women. George had already opened a Madame Korner business before they arrived

Death and legacy Korner and her husband died in March 1969 in the Sydney suburb of Double Bay. The family business continued and her granddaughter and great-granddaughter came to run the business. The salons lost their appeal and by 2011 the last one closed. The Madame Korner range of cosmetics continued.