Arthur Frank Mathews

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Arthur Frank Mathews
Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau, Tonalism
AwardsGrand Gold Medal, Académie Julian, 1886; Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Painting, American Institute of Architects, 1923
Spring Dance

Arthur F. Mathews (October 1, 1860 – February 19, 1945) was an American

Xavier Martinez, Armin Hansen, Percy Gray, Gottardo Piazzoni, Ralph Stackpole, Mary Colter, Maynard Dixon, Rinaldo Cuneo and Francis McComas.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early years

Mathews was born in Markesan, Wisconsin, and lived there until he was six years old. His father, Julius Mathews, was an architect and moved the family to San Francisco in 1866.[6] Like his brothers Walter and Edgar, Mathews learned architecture from his father.[7]

He then went on and studied painting at the

James Abbott McNeill Whistler,[11] and the symbolism of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.[12]

Life in San Francisco

Upon his return from Paris, Mathews taught life classes at the

Barbizon school, he vigorously supported the presence of female students at the School of Design and published in 1891 a rebuttal to Emil Carlsen, a former Director of the school, who declared that women pupils were inferior and indifferent students.[citation needed] In 1904 the San Francisco District Attorney compelled Mathews, in his capacity as the school's Director, to investigate charges brought by Albert DeRome that he was seriously injured in a hazing ritual devised by fellow student (and later renowned artist) Armin Hansen.[14] He continued to teach there until shortly after the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake.[15]

Following the earthquake, he and his wife Lucia collaborated with the entrepreneur John Zeile to open the Furniture Shop in San Francisco.

Sacramento.[18] Other major commissions included murals for the Oakland Public Library, the Mechanics' Institute Library, the Lane Medical Library at Stanford University's medical school campus in San Francisco, the Supreme Court Chambers of the California Supreme Court Building in San Francisco, and the Court of Palms at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition.[19] The Mathews mural Vision of Saint Francis, originally created for the Savings Union Bank in San Francisco, is now in the collection of the Crocker Art Museum.[20]

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Mathews and his wife frequently sketched on the Monterey Peninsula and in 1907 he helped organize the inaugural exhibition at the Hotel Del Monte Art Gallery.[citation needed] At this time Mathews joined William Keith in opposing the restoration of the Spanish missions in California, which Edwin Deakin vigorously campaigned to restore as functioning religious communities.[14]

Death and legacy

He died at his home in San Francisco in 1945.[21]

Mathews was a master of many media:

watercolor, pastel, gouache and fresco.[citation needed] He and Lucia designed detailed interior decoration schemes in what became known as the California Decorative Style.[citation needed] They created a variety of furniture, boxes, carved and painted picture frames and many other decorative objects, and even large stained glass windows.[citation needed
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Museum collections

The Vision of Saint Francis

Afternoon Among the Cypress in the permanent collection of the

M. H. de Young Memorial Museum of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is one of his allegorical paintings representing early California. Youth at the Oakland Museum of California and Spring Dance at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are two of his many paintings of dancing female figures in semi-classical attire. His work is extensively represented in the Oakland Museum of California.[22]

Mathews' work is in the following major museums:

References

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  3. ^ Jones, Harvey (1980). Mathews: masterpieces of the California decorative style. Oakland Museum.
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  6. ^ "Arthur F. Mathews | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  7. ^ "Arthur F. Mathews | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  8. ^ "Arthur Frank Mathews Original Vintage California Plein Air Impressionist American Arts And Crafts Movement Pastel Landscape Painting 1 of 2". Pacific Fine Art. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  9. ^ Hills, Patricia (1977). Turn-of-the-century America : paintings, graphics, photographs, 1890-1910. Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art. Whitney Museum of American Art.
  10. ^ Hills, Patricia (1977). Turn-of-the-century America : paintings, graphics, photographs, 1890-1910. Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art. Whitney Museum of American Art.
  11. ^ Hills, Patricia (1977). Turn-of-the-century America : paintings, graphics, photographs, 1890-1910. Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art. Whitney Museum of American Art.
  12. ^ Hills, Patricia (1977). Turn-of-the-century America : paintings, graphics, photographs, 1890-1910. Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art. Whitney Museum of American Art.
  13. ^ "Arthur F. Mathews | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
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    ISBN 9781467545679
    . An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website.
  15. ^ Powers, Laura (June 30, 1906). "Dean Mathews Resigns Place". The San Francisco Call.
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  22. ^ Jones, Harvey (1985). Mathews: Masterpieces of the California Decorative Style. Gibbs M. Smith, Inc. pp. 100–110.
  23. ^ "Vision of Saint Francis". Crocker Art Museum. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  24. ^ Stores, de Young & Legion of Honor Museum. "Arthur Frank Mathews The Oaks Poster". de Young & Legion of Honor Museum Stores. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  25. ^ "Arthur Frank Mathews Original Vintage California Plein Air Impressionist American Arts And Crafts Movement Pastel Landscape Painting 2 of 2". Pacific Fine Art. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  26. ^ "Arthur Frank Mathews | LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  27. ^ "Arthur Frank Mathews | Afternoon among the Cypress | American". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  28. ^ "Arthur Mathews | Lucia Mathews | OMCA COLLECTIONS". collections.museumca.org. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  29. ^ "Arthur Frank Mathews Original Vintage California Plein Air Impressionist American Arts And Crafts Movement Pastel Landscape Painting 2 of 2". Pacific Fine Art. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  30. ^ "Arthur F. Mathews | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-31.

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