Paul R. Evans
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Paul R. Evans II (20 May 1931 – 7 March 1987) was an American born residential furniture designer, sculptor, and artist, who is famous for his contributions to American furniture design and the American Craft Movement of the 1970s, and with his work with the influential American manufacturer Directional Furniture. His creation of metal sculpted furniture set him apart. He studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and later settled in New Hope, Pennsylvania, working with mentor Phillip Lloyd Powell, who studied under George Nakashima.
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Paul Evans was born Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He trained as a silversmith, and also learned the art of the goldsmith and blacksmith. He studied at serveral institutions including the Philadelphia Textile Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1950), Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Craftsmen, Rochester, New York (1950), and Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (1952).
In 1955, Evans moved to New Hope, Pennsylvania, operating temporarily out of his garage and then in 1956, he began sharing a showroom with Phillip Lloyd Powell of New Hope, Pennsylvania. By 1966, Evans needed to relocate his growing operation to Plumsteadville, Pennsylvania at one time employing a staff of 35 people. In 1979, he opened an additional showroom on East 61st Street in New York City, New York. He created full lines of furniture as well as exclusive museum-like pieces for Directional Furniture. His work was shown at America House in New York for more than a decade from 1962
