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Herman Hansen
1854 - 1924 |
Herman Wendelborg Hansen was born in
Germany, educated there, England and finally at the Art Institute of
Chicago. Unlike his contemporary, Frederic Remington, he was not
an illustrator but a strict Western genre painter who cherished the
West. While studying in Chicago, he finally got his chance to
see the wild frontier. He received a commission from the
Northwestern Railways to do a series of Transportation
advertisements. His painting, The Pony Express brought
great success to the young artist, and copies of this work are now
found all over the world.
After his travels throughout the West from Montana and the Dakotas in
the North to Texas, New Mexico and Arizona in the Southwest, Hansen
finally settled in San Francisco when he was twenty-eight, and married
Olga Josue. There, family consisted of a daughter, Frieda and a
son, Armin who became one of the great west coast marine painters and
etchers. Except for brief absences, California remained the
elder Hansen's home until his death in 1924 at the age of
seventy.
Herman Hansen was an accomplished draftsman and was known for his
superb action portrayed in his horses. Though a painter of oils
and an etcher in late life, his primary means of expression was
watercolor. His works are found in public and private
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"A Dangerous Trail"
watercolor
• 16" x 11"
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