PAUL EVANS

June 03, 2016Evan Lobel

Paul R. Evans II, born in 1931, was a furniture designer, sculptor, and artist, who is most well known for his furniture design and his contribution to the American craft Movement of the 1970s. His unique creations of metal sculpted furniture set him apart. He studied at several institutions including the Philadelphia Textile Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Craftsmen, and Cranbrook Academy of Art. He later settled in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and shared a showroom with woodworker Phillip Lloyd Powell.