William King
William King (25 February 1925 – 4 March 2015) was a contemporary American sculptor born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1925. His work spanned countless media and usually revolved around the figurative portrayal of human figures. After attending the University of Florida, King moved to New York in 1945 and graduated from Cooper Union in 1948.
Also recorded as William Dickey King · William D. King
William King
- Name
- William King
- Born
- 25 February 1925
- Birthplace
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Died
- 4 March 2015
- Place of death
- East Hampton, New York
- Education
- University of Florida Cooper Union
- Occupation
- American sculptor
- Nationality
- United States.
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for William King. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
gnd · 1074408071 · wikidata · Q8014016
In this article
Biography
Biography
His style was mostly abstraction and pop art. During the years of 1994 to 1998, he served as the president of the National Academy of Design. In 2007, King was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award given by the International Sculpture Center.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — William King • Born — 25 February 1925 • Birthplace — Jacksonville, Florida • Died — 4 March 2015 • Place of death — East Hampton, New York • Education — University of Florida Cooper Union • Occupation — American sculptor
Identity
Identity
William King is recorded as sculptor.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1925
William King born at Jacksonville.
2015
William King died at East Hampton.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Jacksonville.
Birth place
East Hampton.
Death place
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article William King (artist), revision 1364880376 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
Institutional database
Wikidata, structured authority record Q8014016: William KingWikimedia Foundation
Institutional witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Sculpture
6,174 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- William HackwoodArtist
- William Henry Hamilton TroodArtist
- William Henry RinehartArtist
- William Kellock BrownArtist
- William LaingArtist
- William Leslie BowlesArtist
- William McElcheranArtist
- William McVeyArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by William King?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.