Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005

Philip Pavia, a sculptor, New York, N.Y. Born 1912. Died 2005. Pavia attended the Beaux Arts School, 1930, the Art Students League, 1931-1933, and traveled and studied in Europe from 1931-1937. In 1948 he founded The Club, a group devoted to discussion of modern art. Pavia was the group's driving force, organizing and leading Wednesday and Friday night lectures and members-only panel conversations and other events at the 39 E. 8th St. location. In 1958 he founded and edited the publication It Is: A Magazine For Abstract Art as an extension of the Club's role in exchanging ideas.

Philip Pavia (1912-2005), pioneer in modern abstract sculpture, was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of a stonecutter. Pavia attended the Beaux Arts School in 1930, the Art Students League, 1931-1933, and traveled and studied in Europe from 1931-1937. In 1948 he was founded the 8th Street Club, a group of artists, writers and intellectuals devoted to discussion of modern art that included Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell and Leo Castelli. Pavia organized most of its panel discussions during its early years, bringing in Hannah Arendt, Joseph Campbell and John Cage, among others, for informal but spirited debates. Pavia was the group's driving force, organizing and leading Wednesday and Friday night lectures and members-only panel conversations and other events. In 1958 he founded and edited the publication IT IS: A MAGAZINE FOR ABSTRACT ART as an extension of the Club's role in exchanging ideas. Pavia wrote a history of the 8th and 23rd Street Clubs entitled CLUB WITHOUT WALLS which was published two years after his death in 2007. He was married to Natalie Edgar and had two sons, Paul and Luigi.

Philip Pavia (1915-2005) was a sculptor from New York, N.Y.

In 1948, Pavia founded the artists' group, the Club (also known as the Eighth St. Club), acted as treasurer, and organized it's Wednesday and Friday night panel discussions and lectures.

Sculptor; New York, N.Y. d. 2005

In 1948, Pavia founded the artists' group, the Club (also known as the Eighth St. Club), acted as treasurer, and organized it's Wednesday and Friday night panel discussions and lectures.