Paul Maxwell

Graduated from Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, in 1950 with a BA in art

Graduate work at Claremont College in California where he had his first museum show in Stockton, California. In 1951, Maxwell exhibited his work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in a group show; also that year, he had his first commercial gallery exhibition.

From 1955 to 1958, Maxwell taught at the Houston Museum of Art and at the University of Houston. From 1959 to 1961, he lectured and exhibited his work in Europe under the sponsorship of the U.S. Information Agency while maintaining a gallery in Switzerland. During the rest of the 1960s and into the 1970s and 1980s, Maxwell lived and worked in Texas and Oklahoma, receiving commissions for works in public spaces.

In 1985, a twelve-minute documentary that dealt with Maxwell’s work was produced by Carol Shroeder and broadcast by PBS. He also was the subject of a short film in 2007.

Maxwell has had exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and in England, Switzerland, France, Canada, and Australia.

[source: www.paulmaxwell.com]