Earl Pardon (1931-1991) is considered one of the pioneers of avant-garde fashion jewelry. An artist and sculptor by trade, he specialized in the processing of precious metals.
Pardon was educated at the Memphis Academy of Art in Tennessee and at Syracuse University in New York. From 1951 to 1989, he taught at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, also in New York. In the mid-fifties, he briefly served as the design director at Towle Silversmiths. Through his work as an artist and educator, Pardon is credited with stimulating the growing interest in art jewelry in the 1950s. Many of his famous designs are characterized as enamel panels. In the eighties, the master began to add unique, individual details to his creations.
At the beginning of his creative career, the artist was influenced by primitivism, a style that was in great demand in the first years after World War II. Later, guided by current trends, Pardon moved to modernism.
Currently, Pardon’s works can be seen in various museums, including the Renwick Gallery, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
