William King (American Sculptor, 1925 - )

Dear Diary, Honored Guest, Poeta (1985)

Cast aluminum, 72 inches high, installed 2002

Gift of Sachs Fund

Collection of Chesterfield Arts

Location: YMCA West County Branch, main entrance, Burkhardt Place, Chesterfield

William King was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1925.  His studies took him from the University of Florida to the Cooper Union Art School, the Brooklyn Museum Art School, the Academia dei Belli Arte (Rome) and the Central School (London).  He has taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Arts Students League.  He has had many solo and group exhibitions.  His work can be found in the collections of the Nelson Rockefeller, Joseph Hirshhorn, and New York University.  He currently lives in New York.