Biografie von Philip Kran PAVAL (1899-1971)

Birth place: Nykobing Falster, Denmark

Death place: Los Angeles, CA

Addresses: Sherman Oaks, CA.; Hollywood, CA

Profession: Painter, craftsperson, lecturer, sculptor

Studied: Borger Sch.; Tech. Sch. Des., Denmark.

Exhibited: Pomona, CA, 1934 (prize), 1935 (prize), 1936 (prize); Calif. State Fair, 1935-40 (prizes), 1955 (prize), 1957 (prize) ; Los Angeles Mus. Art, 1935 (prize), 1937 (prize), 1941 (med.), 1943-45 (solo) ; P&S Club, Hollywood Riviera Gal., 1936 (prize); Los Angeles, 1936 (prize); CPLH, 1938; GGE, 1939; State Expo., 1941 (gold medals); Santa Barbara Mus. Art, 1945; Wichita AA, 1946 (prize); Dalzell Hartfield Gal., Los Angeles; Ebell Club, Los Angeles, 1950; Calif. Art Club, 1953 (medal); Univ. Club, Los Angeles (gold medal); SAAS, Los Angeles (gold medal); Madonna Festival, Los Angeles, 1960 (prize). Awards: many hon. degrees and decorations from France, Sweden, Belgium, Italy, British India & U.S., incl. hon. Litt.D., Trinity Southern Bible College & Seminary, Mullins, SC; Jose Drudis Traveling Fellowship, 1959-60.

Member: Calif. Art Club (pres.); P&S Club; Los Angeles Mus. Art; Royal Numismatic Soc., London (fellow); AIFA (fellow); Scandinavian-Am. AA; Soc. Brasileira de Belas Artes, Brazil; Am. Artists Congress

Work: Lutheran Church, LA; Los Angeles Mus. Art; Philbrook AC; MMA; Pres. Palace, Quito, Ecuador; Devi Palace, Vizianagaram City, So. India; MMA; Wichita AA; Smithsonian Inst.; Newark Mus.; Pasadena AI; Royal Palace, Athens; Gov. Palace, Hawaii; Buckingham Palace, London; Mus. Am. Comedy, FL; Rosenborg Castle, Denmark; St. Martin of Tours, Brentwood, CA; Mataro Mus., Spain; Nat. Mus., Iceland; Nat. Mus., Copenhagen, Denmark; Nat. Mus., Oslo, Norway; Masonic Lodge, Hollywood & San Fran.; Frederikborg Castle, Denmark; museums in Sweden, France, Vienna, Austria, Portugal, Germany, England.

Comments: Apprentice to a silversmith and student of art in Denmark. Immigrated to America in 1919 and first worked as a merchant seaman in New York. He moved to LA in the 1920s and established a silversmith shop. Paval became well known for his silver and gold sculptures and portraits in oil of Hollywood celebrities.

Sources: WW66; Hughes Artists in California, WW47.