Phil Herschel Paradise 1905-1997

Phil Paradise
Oregon, 1905-1997
Mixed Media on Paper
Phil Herschel Paradise 1905-1997
Mixed Media on Paper
Hand signed 'Phil Paradise' bottom left
8 figures playing musical instruments including a xylophone.

Born in Ontario, Oregon, Phil Paradise was raised in Bakersfield, California. In the 1920s, he studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles and worked for Paramount Studios. He taught art at Chouinard and Scripps College. He was elected an Associate Member of the National Academy.

Paradise was known for his ability to sketch from memory of his travels and produced a book of hundreds of India ink sketches from which he painted for years.

Paradise traveled and lived in Mexico, Central America and Caribbean countries drawing most of his subject matter from these areas from the beginning of the 1940's.

Mixed Media on Paper
Hand signed 'Phil Paradise' bottom left

Approximate Site Size: 20.5" H x 25.5" W
Approximate Size of Piece Framed: 31" H x 37" W