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ARMIN CARL HANSEN Biography |
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Armin Carl Hansen was born in San Francisco, California on October 23, 1886. Hansen received his first art instruction from his father, Herman, the famous painter of the old west and frontier life. The younger Hansen later studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute under Arthur Matthews (1903-06), followed by two years in Stuttgart, Germany at the Royal Academy under Carlos Grethe. After visiting the centers of Paris, Munich, Holland, and Belgium he signed-on as deckhand to a Norwegian steam trawler, the first of many boats which he would crew during the next four years. Upon returning to San Francisco in 1912, he taught at UC Berkeley and the California School of Fine Arts. Settling in Monterey in 1913, he taught private classes and was instrumental in forming the Carmel Art Institute. He lived there until his death on April 23, 1957. His etchings and paintings of marines, coastal scenes, and the fishing industry of the Monterey Peninsula have brought him to the pinnacle of fame in American art. He was quoted as saying, "Every move I have made and everything that I have done has always been to go back to the water and to the men that gave it its romance. I love them all."
Member: Associate of the National Academy of Design, 1926; National Academy of Design, 1948; Carmel Art Association (Pres. 1934-37, 1948); San Francisco Art Association; California Society of Etchers; Allied Art Association; Salmagundi Club, New York; Societe Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Exhibited: International Expo, Brussels, 1910; California Printmakers, 1910; Helgessen Gallery, San Francisco, 1913, 1916; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1914; San Francisco Art Association 1915-25; Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915; Oakland Art Gallery, 1917; Print Rooms, San Francisco, 1920; National Academy of Design, 1920; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1923; Painters of the West, 1925; ; Smithsonian Institute, 1928; deYoung Museum, 1932; Grafton Galleries, San Francisco, 1934; Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939; Chicago Society of Etchers, 1947; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1957; Oakland Museum, 1959; Oakland Museum, 1981; Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, 1982; Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1986. Works Held: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, National Academy of Design; San Diego Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; deYoung Museum; Oakland Museum; Library of Congress; Newark Museum; New York Public Library; Cleveland Museum; San Francisco Museum of Art. |
