Art Hansen
Born1929
Vashon Island, Washington
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 from Vashon Island.[1][2][3] Hansen was a native Washingtonian and achieved art degrees from the University of Washington and University of Minnesota.[1]

Education

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

Career

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

Collections

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

References

  1. 1 2 "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. Retrieved December 28, 2022. Vashon Island artist is being featured during February in one-man show at Tacoma gallery
  3. 1 2 3 Goetz Morser, Juli (July 18, 2017). "Art Hansen remembered as prolific and generous artist". Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber. Vashon, Washington. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Art Hansen". Arts Washington. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Art Hansen". Portland Art Museum. Retrieved 4 January 2023.



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