Paul Evans (Designer)

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Paul Evans , born Paul R. Evans II , (born May 20, 1931 in Newtown , Pennsylvania , † March 7, 1987 Nantucket Island , Massachusetts ) was an American silver, gold and iron blacksmith, sculptor and furniture designer .

life and career

After his artistic craft basic training, among others in 1950 at the Philadelphia Textile Institute In Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Evans received in 1952 a scholarship to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills , Michigan . The 1950s started in a garage in New Hope , Pennsylvania, and then moved his studio / workshop to Plumsteadville , Pennsylvania, where he employed up to 35 people. There, in collaboration with the Directional Furniture company (today Directional, Inc. ), copper chests and later cupboards and sideboards with sculptured front and side panels and other furnishings and furniture, e.g. B. Corrugated cardboard dining chairs. His sculptures and furniture were executed in wood, steel, bronze and tin, among other things, the surfaces of which were decorated with copper patina , enamel or silver plating. The objects, which in the past were made for enthusiasts and mostly signed, are now highly valued by American and foreign collectors.

Collectibles

  • Eye Cabinet : Wall cabinet made of welded and bronzed steel, covered with a slate plate
  • Cigarette Box : walnut wood lined with red felt
  • Welded Club Chair : Armchair made of welded and bronzed steel, white suede upholstery with black upholstery buttons. Dimensions: 78.7 cm high × 81.3 cm wide × 76.2 cm deep
  • Sculptured Front Cabinet : two-door cabinet made of steel and wood with gold-leafed drawers. Dimensions: 208.3 cm high X 91.4 cm wide X 50.8 cm deep. Only six copies of this type were made around 1970.
  • 1970: Side table with a glass top held by diamond-shaped, bronze-colored and shiny steel supports.
  • Hanging cupboard : made of welded, enamelled or bronzed steel with a slate plate. The dimensions are 61.1 cm high X 252.1 cm wide X 61.3 cm deep. On December 17, 2009, this property was sold at Sotheby’s in New York for US $ 218,500.
  • Mirrored Four-Post Bed : a four- poster bed covered with blue, iridescent mirrors with a matching mirror and dressing table.
  • Ice container : walnut veneer and brass, 39 cm high. Christie's London July 2013 .:

Exhibitions

swell

  • Museum (en.)
  • Biography (en.)
  • New York Times April 3, 2008
  • Handelsblatt from January 15, 2010

literature

  • Todd Merrill and Julie V. Iovine (editors), Modern Americana. Studio Furniture from High Craft to High Glam , Rizzoli Publishers, New York 2008, pp. 98-99, ISBN 978-0-8478-3053-4 .
  • Paul Evans: The 1960s Home , Shire, Oxford, England 2010, ISBN 978-0-7478-0802-2 .
  • 2014: Constance Kimmele: Paul Evans: Crossing Boundaries and Crafting Modernism , Arnoldsche Art Publishing, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-89790-394-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Boys need Toys in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on July 28, 2013, page 31
personal data
SURNAME Evans, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sculptor and designer
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Newtown (Bucks County) , Pennsylvania , USA
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1987
Place of death Nantucket Island , Massachusetts , USA