biografia di Duane HANSON (1925-1996)

Birth place: Alexnadria, MN

Death place: Boca Raton, FL

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Sculptor, instructor

Studied: Macalester College (B.A.); Univ. Minnesota; Cranbrook Acad. Art (M.F.A.), 1951

Exhibited: "The Grotesque in American Art," WMAA, 1969; WMAA Sculpture Ann., 1970; Documenta V, Kassel, Germany, 1972; Bienale de Colpegar, Medalin, Columbia, 1972; "Sharp-Focus Realism," Sidney Janis Gal., NYC, 1972; O.K. Harris Gal., NYC, frequently, from 1970s;WMAA, 1979 (retrospective), 1998 (retrospective); Montreal MFA, 1994 (retrospective). Awards: grant for work in sculpture, Ella Lyman Trust, 1963; sculpture award, Florida State Fair Fine Arts Exhib., 1968.

Work: Richmond (VA) Mus.; Wadsworth Ath.; WMAA; NMAA; Neue Galerie, Aachen, Germany; Lehmbruck Mus., Duisburg, Germany. Commissions: "Businessman," for Melvin Kaufman, NYC, 1971.

Comments: Known fo his, life-size hyperrealist figures, made of polyester resin and dressed in real clothes. Teaching: asst. prof. art, Miami-Dade Jr. College, Miami, FL, 1965-69; adjunct prof. art, Univ. Miami, 1979-90s. Author: Presenting Duane Hanson, 1970.

Sources: WW73; Kultermann, The New Realism (NY Graphic Soc., 1972); Gerrit, Henry/The Soho Body Snatcher," Art News (March, 1972); Sam Hunter, American Art Since 1960 (Abrams, 1972); Baigell, Dictionary; obit., Art in Am. (Feb., 1996): 110"