William Matthews
b. 1949
BORN IN
New York City
KNOWN FOR
Cowboy figure-genre and western landscape painting
William Matthews was born in 1949 in New York City. He grew up in the Bay area. His professional career began in Los Angeles as a graphic artist designing album covers for Warner Bros., and Capitol Records. A listing of commissioned artwork for Album Covers and Compact Discs are listed below.
The 2007 published monograph, William Matthews : Working the West, showcases the artist’s work devoted to the working cowboys of the American west. Forbes, FYI, magazine hailed him as the new Remington of American painting.
