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William Hawkins
Artist
born Union City, KY 1895-died Dayton, OH 1990
- Born
- Union City, Madison County, Kentucky, United States
- Died
- Dayton, Ohio, United States
- Active in
- Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Biography
William Hawkins was raised on a farm in Kentucky and learned to draw by copying illustrations from horse-auction announcements and calendar pictures.
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When he was twenty-one, he moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he painted the cityscapes and fantastic animals for which he is best known.
This image of the stadium at Ohio State University is based on an aerial photograph that Hawkins found in a history of the city of Columbus.
It is typical of his use of photographs and illustrations for inspiration. His buildings and other urban views focus primarily on the city's local structures, a sort of personal history book of Columbus.
Hawkins painted his earliest large works on scavenged board, which he found on construction sites near his home