William Hawkins

(American, 1895–1990)

William Hawkins was a self-taught African-American artist known for his expressive paintings of Ohio, newspaper clippings, and animals. “There’s nothing to do but sit around and get better,” he once said of painting. Born William Lawrence Hawkins on July 27, 1895 in Union City, KY, he grew up on a rural farm, learning to draw by copying illustrations from auction posters and calendars. At the age of 21, Hawkins moved to Columbus, OH, where he worked odd jobs and began producing paintings with house paint on found boards and wood moldings. Despite having made paintings since the early 1930s, the artist’s work wasn’t publicly exhibited until 1982, when his friend Lee Garrett entered one of Hawkins paintings into the Ohio State Fair. Over the next eight years, he has a string of exhibitions and continued to work until his death in Dayton, OH in 1990. Today the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., the American Museum of Folk Art in New York, and the Columbus Museum of art in Ohio, among others.

William Hawkins Artworks

William Hawkins (113 results)

Wigen Be

William Hawkins

Sale Date: October 12, 2015

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Three Men with Soldier

William Hawkins

Three Men with Soldier

Sale Date: October 12, 2015

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Man on Moon, 1987

William Hawkins

Man on Moon, 1987

Sale Date: October 12, 2015

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Overland Stagecoach, 1986

William Hawkins

Overland Stagecoach, 1986

Sale Date: March 14, 2015

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White Elephant, 1989

William Hawkins

White Elephant, 1989

Sale Date: January 23, 2015

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Red Building

William Hawkins

Sale Date: November 8, 2014

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Untitled

William Hawkins

Sale Date: October 26, 2014

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Seated cat

William Hawkins

Sale Date: September 10, 2014

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Native American shooting a bow and arrow

William Hawkins

Native American shooting a bow and arrow

Sale Date: September 10, 2014

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Untitled, 1983

William Hawkins

Untitled, 1983

Sale Date: April 20, 2013

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Columbus Ohio Building. This is possibly the , 1981

William Hawkins

Columbus Ohio Building. This is possibly the , 1981

Sale Date: April 26, 2014

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Red Tail Hawk

William Hawkins

Red Tail Hawk

Sale Date: April 26, 2014

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Rider On Horseback, 1988

William Hawkins

Rider On Horseback, 1988

Sale Date: April 26, 2014

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Two Deer in a Fiery Forest, 1895

William Hawkins

Two Deer in a Fiery Forest, 1895

Sale Date: January 24, 2014

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Sans titre, 1986

William Hawkins

Sans titre, 1986

Sale Date: March 29, 2013

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Atlas Building, 1905

William Hawkins

Atlas Building, 1905

Sale Date: January 25, 2013

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Buda Man

William Hawkins

Sale Date: September 27, 2012

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Blue horse

William Hawkins

Sale Date: April 4, 2012

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Story of the Deshler hotel at Brod S.6nd High St

William Hawkins

Story of the Deshler hotel at Brod S.6nd High St

Sale Date: January 23, 2009

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Miscka

William Hawkins

Sale Date: December 4, 2005

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Turquoise tiger, 1989

William Hawkins

Turquoise tiger, 1989

Sale Date: January 21, 2005

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911 Farnke, 1975

William Hawkins

911 Farnke, 1975

Sale Date: January 21, 2005

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J. & F. Supermarket

William Hawkins

J. & F. Supermarket

Sale Date: January 16, 2004

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House cat

William Hawkins

Sale Date: January 16, 2004

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