William King (1925-2015) was an American sculptor who employed bronze, vinyl, wood, and other materials to produce witty figurative works. He studied at the University of Florida, at Cooper Union, and in Rome on a Fulbright Scholarship. When he returned to New York, he taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, the University of California at Berkeley, and briefly at others. He was president of the National Academy of Design and is an American Academy of Arts and Letters member. King was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Sculpture Prize from Cooper Union Art School in New York, the Hakone Open-Air Museum Distinction prize, the Augustus St. Gaudens Medal, the Margaret Tiffany Blake Fresco Award, a Gold medal from the National Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Visual Arts Lifetime Achievement Award from The Guild Hall of East Hampton. His work has been showcased in New York, Sarasota, Boston, Jacksonville, and more.
William King
Studios
Cheney
William King worked in the Cheney studio.
Cheney Studio was given to MacDowell by Mrs. Benjamin P. Cheney and Mrs. Karl Kauffman. Like Barnard Studio, Cheney is a low, broadly massed bungalow. Sited on a steep westward slope, its porches are supported on wooden posts and fieldstone with lattices. Although it still retains its appealing character, the original design of the shingled building…