biography of Paavo AIROLA (1918-1983)

Birth place: Karelia, Finland

Addresses: Phoenix, AZ

Profession: Painter, writer

Studied: Isaac Grünewald Art Sch, Stockholm Sweden, 1948; Otte Skoid Art Sch., Sweden; Academie Libre, Stockholm.

Exhibited: Royal Can. Acad. Fine Art Ann, 1954-1961; Toronto Art Gallery, 1959; Phoenix Art Mus., 1960-1964; Galleri Z, Stockholm, 1967; Gallerie Raymond Duncan, Paris, France, 1967.

Member: Royal Canadian Acad. Fine Arts (assoc 1958-); Ontario Soc. Artists; fel. Int. Inst. Arts & Lett.; Can. Soc. Painters in Watercolor.

Work: Nat Gallery, Stockholm; Orebro Mus. Fine Art, Sweden; Hudikswal Art Mus., Sweden; London Art Mus., Ont.; Zacks Collection, NYC.

Comments: Preferred media: oil, watercolor.

Sources: WW73; Revue Moderne (Paris, Dec. 1964).