In 1935 Alfonso Toran was the director of the Creative Studios of Art & Decoration in New York City. Toran painted murals in New York for the Hotels Delmonico, the Pierre, the New Yorker, the Waldorf-Astoria, and the Texaco and Chrysler Buildings. Toran had a winter studio in Hollywood, Florida. A painter, decorator, designer, lecturer, writer and teacher, Toran received awards for his work in Italy, France and the United States. He was listed in Who’s Who in American Art in 1947 and 1959.
Born: Naples, Italy.
Education: Italy.
Directory: Listed in the Hollwyood City Directory, 1953, 1957-58, 1960, as an artist with a studio at 1608 Washington.