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Art Hansen

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Art Hansen
Born1929
DiedJune 28, 2017 (aged 87)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArtist
Known forDrawing, painting, lithography
AwardsPulitzer Award (1951)
Northwest Annual – Katherine Baker Award (1952)
Fulbright program (1953–1954)

Art Hansen(1929 – June 28, 2017) was an American artist fromVashon Island.[1][2][3]Hansen was a native Washingtonian and achieved art degrees from theUniversity of WashingtonandUniversity of Minnesota.[1]

Education

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Hansen graduated in 1952 from the University of Washington. In 1957, he received an MFA degree from the University of Minnesota.[3]

Career

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Hansen had his first one-person show in 1952 at the Seattle Art Museum. In 1953, he was awarded aFulbright grantto studyetchingat the Munich Academy of the Arts. In addition to printmaking, he worked in watercolor, oil paint,lithography,and pen and ink.[3]

Collections

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Hansen's work is represented in the permanent collections of theSeattle Art Museum,Tacoma Art Museum,[4]thePortland Art Museum,[5]among others.

References

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  1. ^ab"Hansen's Paintings Cold and Powerful: The Times' Art Reviewer".The Seattle Times.Seattle. May 12, 1966. p. 29.
  2. ^Tucker, Cheryl (January 30, 1983)."Art Hansen captures the world around him".The News Tribune.Tacoma.RetrievedDecember 28,2022.Vashon Island artist is being featured during February in one-man show at Tacoma gallery
  3. ^abcGoetz Morser, Juli (July 18, 2017)."Art Hansen remembered as prolific and generous artist".Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber.Vashon, Washington.RetrievedDecember 28,2022.
  4. ^"Art Hansen".Arts Washington.Retrieved4 January2023.
  5. ^"Art Hansen".Portland Art Museum.Retrieved4 January2023.