Background
Hekking, William Mathews was born on March 10, 1885 in Chelsea, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Adrian Mathews and Adele (Scherenberg) Hekking.
Hekking, William Mathews was born on March 10, 1885 in Chelsea, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Adrian Mathews and Adele (Scherenberg) Hekking.
British Public, Syracuse (New York) University, 1908, Doctor of Fine Arts, 1929. Student Art Student’s League, New York, and pupil Jean Paul Laurens, Academie Julian, Paris.
Instructor in art, Syracuse University, 1911-1912 and since 1942. Director School Fine and Applied Arts, James Millikin University, 1912-1915. Instructor University of Missouri, summers 1913, 14, 15.
Associate professor of drawing, department of architecture, University of Illinois, 1915-1916.
Professor art, University of Kansas, 1916-1922. Director Columbus (O.) Art school and Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, 1922-1925.
Director Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1925-1932. Curator contemporary painting and sculpture, Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, January-July 1938, director division of art, 1938-1939.
Chairman Southern California division contemporary sculpture and painting, Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939.
Chairman of Commission on selection, Southern California division, New York World’s Fair, 1939. Marine artist; expert restorer of art works. Represented in permanent collec.
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy.
Member of advisory committee, Department Fine Arts, Sesqui-centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1926. Member American Association Museum Directors, American Association Museums (executive council), Buffalo Society Artists, Buffalo Ednl. Council (director), Wilmington Society Fine Arts, Phi Gamma Delta.
Clubs: Salmagundi, Phi Gamma Delta (New York), the Syracuse Citizens.
Married Sarah Marion Swayne, June 27, 1913 (died 1931). Married second, Iola France, April 8, 1942 (died January 17, 1946). Children: Marion Elnora, Donald Adrian, Charlotte Adele.