Versatility, artistic maturity and mastery of technique and medium are hallmarks of Paul King's art. His diverse works -portraits, landscapes, rural scenes and illustrations- establish his reputation in the first quarter of the century.

From1906, when his oil painting, "Hauling in the Anchor Line" (date and location unknown) captured the Salmagundi Club's top two prizes, King regularly received recognition. His merit was freely acknowledged by his artist peers, as well as by the critics and the public.

King was born in 1867 to a Buffalo, New York goldsmith. Apprenticed there to a lithography firm, he became an accomplished printer. King later studied at the Art Students League of Buffalo and, from 1901 to 1904, at the New York Art Students League with H. S. Mowbay. While a student, he was an illustrator for Life and Harper's magazines.

From 1905 to 1906, King studied in Holland with Willy Sluiter, Evert Pieters and Bernard Bloomers. He was a board member of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, serving as vice president and acting president, from 1908 to 1921. In 1921, He moved from his long-time home in Germantown section of Philadelphia to Stony Brook, Long Island, where he died in 1947.

Memberships:
Allied Artists
America Federation of Arts
Artists Aid Society
Artists Fund Society
International Society of Arts and Letters
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Philadelphia Art Club
Salmagundy Club

Public Collections:
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo
Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Reading Museum, Penn.
Los Angeles Museum
Houston Art Museum
New Pantheon, Nashville, Tenn.

Biography courtesy of Roughton Galleries, www.antiquesandfineart.com/roughton