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Paul Chalfin (1874-1959) was an artist and interior designer with an interest in architecture, best known for his work at Villa Vizcaya. Chalfin was openly gay; his longtime partner was Louis Koons. [1] Early life. Paul Chalfin was born in New York City on November 2, 1874, to Colonel Samuel Fletcher Chalfin and Jane Voorhees (Connolly) Chalfin.
Paul Chalfin (1874 – 1959) intended to be an artist. After two years at Harvard, he enrolled at the Art Students League in New York, followed by three years at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. In early 1906, after three years as a curator of Asiatic Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Chalfin returned to Europe for a painting ...
Chalfin was openly gay and lived with ... We’re closing out #PrideMonth by going LIVE to discuss the life and work of Paul Chalfin, Vizcaya’s Artistic Director.
Para diseñar su nueva mansión frente a Biscayne Bay, en las costas de Florida –de ahí el nombre de Vizcaya–, contactó con el diseñador Paul Chalfin, el director artístico del proyecto. Chaflin confió el proyecto al arquitecto F.Burrall Hoffman y a Diego Suárez los jardines.
By the time designs for the Marine Garden were developed, Vizcaya’s artistic director and self-proclaimed architect, Paul Chalfin (1874-1959), had embraced the patronage of contemporary artists with site-specific commissions for the estate, which included the painter Robert Winthrop Chanler (1872–1930), author of a decorative screen and the ...
9 de may. de 2023 · ‘It is a completely faithful homage to the villas of Italy, a thorough essay on the essence of those great houses, reflecting the travel prowess of Deering and his creative partner, Paul Chalfin.’ So says Ferguson & Shamamian senior associate architect Jonathan Burgess Hogg, a long-time Coconut Grove resident.
Paul Chalfin (November 2, 1874 - February 15, 1959) was an artist and interior designer with an interest in architecture, most known for his work on Villa Vizcaya. Chalfin lived openly with his male lover in Miami, where he expressed himself as a gender-transgressive pansy. Like James Deering, Chalfin was a “well known bachelor.”
