Upon his return from Paris , Mathews taught life classes at the San Francisco Art Students League and the California School of Design . He became director of the latter in 1890 , and in 1894 , married Lucia Kleinhans , one of his art students . Although he was occasionally criticized for his autocratic approach to teaching , which was based on the French paradigm for 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 . 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 . He continued to teach there until the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake . Following the earthquake , he and Lucia opened the Furniture Shop in San Francisco . There he could unleash his combined skills as a craftsman , designer and painter . They also opened Philopolis Press and published the monthly '' Philopolis '' magazine , which promoted Arts and Crafts aesthetics in the rebuilding of the city . Among his many mural commissions was a twelve-panel series in the State Capitol Building in Sacramento . He died at his home in San Francisco in 1945
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Arthur Frank Mathews