Background
Mathews, Arthur Frank was born on October 1, 1860 in Wisconsin, United States. Son of Julius Chase and Pauline (Hope) Mathews.
Mathews, Arthur Frank was born on October 1, 1860 in Wisconsin, United States. Son of Julius Chase and Pauline (Hope) Mathews.
Editor, schools San Francisco and Oakland, California. Studied under Gustave Boulanger at Paris.
Architect to 1882; in Europe, studying art, 1884-1889. Reorganized California School of Design (San Francisco Art Association) and continued as director until April 1906 (resigned). Exhibited Paris expns., 1889, 1898, Paris salons, 1887, 88, 89, 98, Chicago Exposition, 1893, San Francisco Exposition, 1915.
Principal decorations: 12 panels in State Capitol, Sacramento.
Oakland Library, Lane Library, and Children’s Hospital, San Francisco. Wall painting for State Supreme Court Room, San Francisco.
Decorations for Knights Templars Hall, Saint Francis Hotel, Curran Theatre, San Francisco.
Clubs: Art (Philadelphia).
Married Lueia Kleinhans, June 19, 1894.