Designer · USA · 1931–1987
Paul Evans
Paul Evans (1931–1987) – American designer and maker of metal furniture, designer for Directional from 1964.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1931–1987
- Country
- USA
Paul Evans was born on 20 May 1931 in Newtown (Bucks County, Pennsylvania), and died on 7 March 1987 on Nantucket. He studied at Philadelphia Textile Institute, RIT School for American Craftsmen and Cranbrook Academy of Art (1952).
He collaborated with Phillip Lloyd Powell in New Hope, Pennsylvania, with whom he ran a joint showroom. In 1961, he exhibited his work at Museum of Contemporary Crafts (America House). From 1964, he designed for Directional, including the Argente, Sculpted Bronze, Sculptured and Painted Steel, Patchwork Copper and Cityscape series. In 2014, James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown organised a retrospective of his work.
