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1896 Negaunee, Michigan - 1964. Known for: Modernist painting, wood sculpture, printmaking, pottery.
Vin (Vaino) Hannell, Finnish-American, 1896-1964. Vaino Hannell, an immigrant from Finland where he grew up and attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Åbo, is considered a pioneering Chicago Modern... Read full biography
Vin (Vaino) Hannell, Finnish-American, 1896-1964. Vaino Hannell, an immigrant from Finland where he grew up and attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Åbo, is considered a pioneering Chicago Modern Artist of the early 20th century. After being raised by his Uncle in Finland, he returned to his family... Read full biography
Vin (Vaino) Hannell, Finnish-American, 1896-1964. Vaino Hannell, an immigrant from Finland where he grew up and attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Åbo, is considered a pioneering Chicago Modern Artist of the early 20th century. After being raised by his Uncle in Finland, he returned to his family in America and enlisted in US Navy Medical corps at the outbreak of WWI. He lost his eye in a laboratory accident and was supported by a government pension for his wound. In 1923 he married fellow... Read full biography
Vin (Vaino) Hannell, Finnish-American, 1896-1964. Vaino Hannell, an immigrant from Finland where he grew up and attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Åbo, is considered a pioneering Chicago Modern Artist of the early 20th century. After being raised by his Uncle in Finland, he returned to his family in America and enlisted in US Navy Medical corps at the outbreak of WWI. He lost his eye in a laboratory accident and was supported by a government pension for his wound. In 1923 he married fellow artist Hazel Johnson, moved to Chicago and become part of the "Ten Artists" collective, a group whose modernist impulse was driven by their teacher at the Chicago Art Institute, Saul Bellows. This modernism developed in a time when the city was a... Read full biography
Vin (Vaino) Hannell, Finnish-American, 1896-1964. Vaino Hannell, an immigrant from Finland where he grew up and attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Åbo, is considered a pioneering Chicago Modern Artist of the early 20th century. After being raised by his Uncle in Finland, he returned to his family in America and enlisted in US Navy Medical corps at the outbreak of WWI. He lost his eye in a laboratory accident and was supported by a government pension for his wound. In 1923 he married fellow artist Hazel Johnson, moved to Chicago and become part of the "Ten Artists" collective, a group whose modernist impulse was driven by their teacher at the Chicago Art Institute, Saul Bellows. This modernism developed in a time when the city was a bustling scene of theater, art, music, and literature of new impulses. The interconnections therein provided inspiration for these... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Wood Carving and/or Engraving
Art Media
- •Art Pottery
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood Block Print
- •Works on Paper
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Farm, Barn, Ranch Scene and/or Agricultural Genre
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Organic Shapes
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Art Association
- •Chicago Society of Artists
Art School
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Harris Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
Added Description
- •Married to an Artist
- •Public Art: Mural, Sculptures, Painting, Architecture in Public Places
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Finnish
Art Movement
- •Chicago Modern Artist
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Chicago Society of Artists-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art