Herman Wendelborg Hansen ART FOR SALE

1854 Dithmarschen, Germany - 1924 Alameda, California. Known for: Frontier-horse genre painting, graphics.

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Born in Dithmarschen, Germany, Herman Hansen created meticulous watercolors expressive of by-gone days of the Old West, its horses, cowboys, and others passing through. As a youngster, his imagination was stirred by James Fenimore Cooper's novel "Leather Stocking Tales" of the rugged life in the American West. His father, a rector and draftsman who encouraged his son's talent, sent him at age 16 to Hamburg, Germany to study with a painter of military battles and another who did detailed still lifes. In 1876, he studied in England for a year and learned a meticulous graphics style which determined his photo real western genre. Hearing stories of the American West sparked his imagination, and he emigrated to New York City in 1877. Several... Read full biography

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Studying the Tracks

Type:Painting

Size:19.50" x 29.00"

Medium:Watercolor

Signed:Lower Left

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TO BE SOLD NOVEMBER 7 AT THE COEUR D'ALENE ART AUCTION-ONLINE! Estimate $15,000-25,000. For more information or catalog orders please call 208-772-9009 or www.cdaartauction.com

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