Born in Chicago of German-American parents, Armin O. Hansen established a career in Milwaukee as a noted portrait painter and muralist. He was especially active in the Federal Arts Project during the... Read full biography
Born in Chicago of German-American parents, Armin O. Hansen established a career in Milwaukee as a noted portrait painter and muralist. He was especially active in the Federal Arts Project during the Depression era of the 1930s and served on the FAP Milwaukee Art Commission. About thirty buildings... Read full biography
Born in Chicago of German-American parents, Armin O. Hansen established a career in Milwaukee as a noted portrait painter and muralist. He was especially active in the Federal Arts Project during the Depression era of the 1930s and served on the FAP Milwaukee Art Commission. About thirty buildings in the Milwaukee area have murals painted by Hansen including the Milwaukee Trade and Technical High School, Bay View High School, Custer High School, the Pabst Brewing Company reception and tap room,... Read full biography
Born in Chicago of German-American parents, Armin O. Hansen established a career in Milwaukee as a noted portrait painter and muralist. He was especially active in the Federal Arts Project during the Depression era of the 1930s and served on the FAP Milwaukee Art Commission. About thirty buildings in the Milwaukee area have murals painted by Hansen including the Milwaukee Trade and Technical High School, Bay View High School, Custer High School, the Pabst Brewing Company reception and tap room, and the executive suite of the Outboard Marine Corporation. According to the federal census, he was in that city by 1910. He attended West Division High School and studied with Alexander Mueller at the Wisconsin School of Art. He also studied with... Read full biography
Born in Chicago of German-American parents, Armin O. Hansen established a career in Milwaukee as a noted portrait painter and muralist. He was especially active in the Federal Arts Project during the Depression era of the 1930s and served on the FAP Milwaukee Art Commission. About thirty buildings in the Milwaukee area have murals painted by Hansen including the Milwaukee Trade and Technical High School, Bay View High School, Custer High School, the Pabst Brewing Company reception and tap room, and the executive suite of the Outboard Marine Corporation. According to the federal census, he was in that city by 1910. He attended West Division High School and studied with Alexander Mueller at the Wisconsin School of Art. He also studied with Gustave Moeller and Frederick Fursman at the State Normal School of Art. Memberships in... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (9)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
German-American Artists in Early Milwaukee: A Biographyical Dictionary
1997
Merrill, Peter C
165 pages
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index