Flint Institute of Arts
1120 East Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503
Flint, MI 48503
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1925 Alexandria, Minnesota - 1996 Boca Raton, Florida. Known for: Sculptor of super real figures.
Duane Hanson, born in Alexandria, Minnesota, is known for his ultra-realistic sculpture depicting ordinary people going about their daily-life activities such as mowing lawns, sitting at tables,... Read full biography
Duane Hanson, born in Alexandria, Minnesota, is known for his ultra-realistic sculpture depicting ordinary people going about their daily-life activities such as mowing lawns, sitting at tables, playing games, etc. His concepts relate to Pop Art in that mundane objects/people are treated as though... Read full biography
Duane Hanson, born in Alexandria, Minnesota, is known for his ultra-realistic sculpture depicting ordinary people going about their daily-life activities such as mowing lawns, sitting at tables, playing games, etc. His concepts relate to Pop Art in that mundane objects/people are treated as though they have worth and artistic merit, and to Photo-Realism because his figures are deceptively real in appearance. Hanson was nearly forty-years old before finding the method and subject matter that... Read full biography
Duane Hanson, born in Alexandria, Minnesota, is known for his ultra-realistic sculpture depicting ordinary people going about their daily-life activities such as mowing lawns, sitting at tables, playing games, etc. His concepts relate to Pop Art in that mundane objects/people are treated as though they have worth and artistic merit, and to Photo-Realism because his figures are deceptively real in appearance. Hanson was nearly forty-years old before finding the method and subject matter that became his signature work. Hanson received his BA from Macalester College in 1946 and his MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1951. Apparently from an early age, Hanson was interested in recreating the human form. One... Read full biography
Duane Hanson, born in Alexandria, Minnesota, is known for his ultra-realistic sculpture depicting ordinary people going about their daily-life activities such as mowing lawns, sitting at tables, playing games, etc. His concepts relate to Pop Art in that mundane objects/people are treated as though they have worth and artistic merit, and to Photo-Realism because his figures are deceptively real in appearance. Hanson was nearly forty-years old before finding the method and subject matter that became his signature work. Hanson received his BA from Macalester College in 1946 and his MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1951. Apparently from an early age, Hanson was interested in recreating the human form. One of his first known sculptures is a three-dimensional wood rendering of the figure in Thomas Gainsborough's famou... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (8)
All MuseumsHunter Museum of American Art
10 Bluff View
Chattanooga, TN 37403Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146Saatchi Gallery
Duke of York's HQ
King's Road
London, United KingdomThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102Wallrof Richartz Museum
Koln, GermanyWhitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014