Matongerwo Emasikirwo Masongedzo Akanaka Uye Akanaka Kwazvo
Sezvo aive achikudza unyanzvi hwake semufananidzo mumakore ekuma1950, Paul Evans (1931-1987) akapinda muPhiladelphia Textile Institute muPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania; Rochester Institute of Technology School yeAmerican Craftsmen muRochester, New York; uye Cranbrook Academy yeArt muBloomfield Hills, Michigan. Akabva atamira kune Old Sturbridge Village kuMassachusetts apo akaratidza zvinhu zvakasiyana-siyana zvechirivheri muhupenyu hwemamoriyamu huripo, maererano neMikhener Art Museum iri muEvans kumba kwePennsylvania.
Mushure mokunge vatamira kuNew Jersey gare gare kuma1950, akatanga kutakura fenisha achishandisa kurairirwa kwake mumatare ekushanda uye kubhenakeri. Ikoko akagovera imba yekuratidza naPhilip Lloyd Powell uyo akakurudzira kuvona kwake, uye varume vaviri vakaramba vachiita ushamwari kwemakore gumi. Akafambisa bhizinesi rake kudzokera kumusha kuPennsylvania muna 1970 uye akashandisa vanhu vakawanda sevanhu 85 munguva dzepamusoro pekuda. Akavhura imwe yero yekuratidza kuNew York kuma1970 apfuura.
Muna 1964, akava muumbi weDirectoryal Furniture, aive nemakore anokwana, North Carolina-based producer (akazopiwa naTomlinson / Erwin-Lambeth) akabudisa zvimwe zvezvikamu zvake zvakanyatsozivikaniswa mumatanho akawanda: Sculpted Bronze, Cityscape, uye Argente (the rarest), maererano nekutsvakurudza kwakapiwa nemunyori anopa Troy Segal. Kuzivikanwa kwehurumende yeBrutalist inowanikwa mune dzakawanda zvezvidimbu izvi zvakasvikwa pakupera.
Evans aiva neukama hwakasiyana nehukuru hweStarten Furniture pakuti akatarisa danho rimwe nerimwe rekugadzira nekugadzirisa hurongwa, pane kungovapa zvigadzirwa zvekugadzirisa uye kutendeuka chaiyo kugadzirwa kune vamwe. Kufungisisa kwemashoko uye maitiro anoshandiswa mubasa raEvans kunomiririra nzira yepamugwagwa mumunda wezvakanaka uye zvekushongedza.
Yakawanda yemapuranga ayo, ayo ainyanya kushandiswa naye kana pasi pekutarisa kwake, anotaridzika semashandiro ezvigadzirwa zvake zvakaitwa mumasangano akaita seNew York Museum of Arts & Design uye Michener Art Museum.
Unhu hwaPauro Evans Samani:
- Kushandiswa kwesimbi yakagadzirwa: bronze (yakagadzirwa neBronze series for Directional), simbi isina zvimbi-soro, mhangura, slate (zvakare muSculpted Bronze series for Directional)
- A geometric massing yesimbi kana huni, yakagadzirwa negirazi
- Brutalism ine simba
- Mhemberero dzakakosha uye dzakawanda; matafura anotaridzika kutenderera munzvimbo
- Nzvimbo dzakasungirirwa, dzakagadziriswa dzichiwanzoputika kusvika mumakwikwi emabhokisi ane zvigadzirwa zvekare zvinotaridzika: whorls, starbursts, zvikwereti
- Shiny, metal patchwork pamusoro (Cityscape series for Directional sechidimbu chinoratidzira ino chinyorwa) nezvimwe zvinyorwa
Chii Chakutarisa muEvans Zvichipinda Zvimwe
Nemhaka yekuti ivo vachangobva kuenzaniswa nekuenzanisa kwechokwadi chekare mishonga yemapuranga yakashandura maoko kakawanda kubvira apo yakaitwa, Evans maitiro anowanzotora nzvimbo yakanyatsoratidzwa. Asi, nguva dzose inobhadhara kutarisa chinasa zvakare: zvidimbu zvinowanzosayirwa ne "initials" PE "kana" mazwi "Paul Evans." Iyo Michener Art Museum inotaura kuti tsika yake yaishandawo yaiva nemazita maviri-nhamba sechikamu chechiratidzo (somuenzaniso, zvidimbu zvinotengeswa muAustin Auction Gallery muAustin, Texas muna 2010 zvakasayirwa PE 70 - ona pasi apa nezvezvinhu zvinokosha).
Chinyorwa chinonyanya kukosha pane Evans ndeye bhuku rinonzi One Modern Americana: Studio Furniture Kubva High Craft kuenda kuGlamme High na Todd Merrill naJulie V. Iovine (Rizzoli, $ 75).
Kukosha kwaPauro Evans Designs
Sezvo gumi nemakore ichipfuura, hutsika huzhinji hwekushongedza hunofarira neziso kunezvino zvemazuva ano hunyora nezvePaul Evans maitiro, kunyanya zvidimbu zvake zvakaitwa neDirectoryal Furniture uye zvigadzirwa zvake kubva kuma 1970. Kutaura zvazviri, Cityscape tafura yekafu yakaonekwa paAntiques Roadshow pamwe nemudzidzi John Sharo anokoshesa chikamu pa $ 6,000-9,000 makore akapfuura akapfuura.
Muna 2010, Evans muimba yezvokudya zvitatu yakagadzirwa muna 1970 yakatengesa pamwe chete kuAustin Auction Gallery muAustin, Texas kune $ 59,225, iyo yakanga yakawanda kudarika kaviri inotengeswa kushandiswa kwemari inofungidzirwa. Palm Beach Modern Auctions zvakare yakatengesa Cityscape cabinet yakagadzirwa nechrome-plated metal uye mics ye $ 36,000 munaJanuary 2014.
Zvimwe zvidimbu zvakatengesa kusvika mumatanhatu matanhatu kuburikidza nenzvimbo dzinokosha kunyange munguva pfupi yapfuura, kusanganisira Sotheby's kuNew York sezvaratidzwa pamusoro apa. Iyi mitemo yakasimba yakakonzera Evans kupinda munharaunda yekuda kuti basa raCharles naRay Eames rione kwenguva yakareba.
Dzidza zvakawanda kuverenga Mid-Century Modern Modern Furniture Designers Kuziva.