1925 - 2015
William King studied at the University of Florida (1942-43); with Milton Hebald and John Hovannes at Cooper Union, New York (1945-48); again with Hebald at the Brooklyn Museum Art School (1952-53), Accademia de'Belle Arti, Rome (1950); and the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London (1952). He taught at the Brooklyn Museum School (1953-60), the University of California at Berkeley (1965-66), the Art Students League (1968-69), the University of Pennsylvania (1972-73), and the State University of New York (1974-75).
His public commissions included murals for the SS United States (1952) and the Bankers Trust Company, New York (1960).
His public commissions included murals for the SS United States (1952) and the Bankers Trust Company, New York (1960).