William L. Hawkins
Hawkins (27 July 1895 – 1990) was an American folk artist whose work began receiving acclaim in the 1980s. Hawkins frequently used a variety of media, including discarded materials, to create his paintings. Hawkins' works have been exhibited in institutions such as the Smithsonian American Art Museum, American Folk Art Museum in New York City and San Diego's Mingei International Museum.
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William L. Hawkins
- Name
- William Lawrence Hawkins
- Born
- 27 July 1895
- Birthplace
- Union City, Kentucky
- Died
- July 1990
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter · artist
- Fields
- outsider art
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A major retrospective of Hawkins paintings was organized in 2018 by the Columbus Museum of Art, the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa.
The field of work recorded is outsider art. Residence is recorded at Columbus. Work by William L. Hawkins is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Harvard Art Museums.
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• Name — William Lawrence Hawkins • Born — 27 July 1895 • Birthplace — Union City, Kentucky • Died — July 1990
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William L. Hawkins appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a painter and artist (1895 – 1990). William L. Hawkins was born in 1895 in Union City, Kentucky. and died in 1990 in Dayton, Ohio.
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