Comparing Duane Hanson's Life And Work

Duane Hanson he was born in 1925 at Alexandria, Minnesota and started being a realist in his early teens. He entered Luther collage in Decorah, IA. Known for his ultra-realistic sculpture depicting ordinary people going about their daily-life activities such as mowing lawns, sitting at tables, playing games and other normal stuff we do every day. After attendance at Luther College and the University of Washington, he graduated from Macalaster College in 1946. 1953 to 1960, Hanson lived in Munich and Bremerhaven, Germany, working as an art teacher for the US. army dependent school system. Next he received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Cranbrook Academy in 1951. He had moved back to America in 1960. 1962 - 1965 Hanson was an art
professor at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. He worked extra hard to make his art look and model them as if they were real people to the smallest detail Hanson experienced both criticism and praise during his lifetime. In addition to receiving numerous awards, Duane Hanson was honored with the proclamation of Duane Hanson day, by Broward County Florida in 1987, and in 1992 he was inducted into the Florida Hall of Fame. It was in Germany that he began to experiment with synthetic media, in particular polyester resin and fiberglass. In because of their politically charged subject matter, several sculptures were banned from museum exhibitions and denounced by reactionary critics. And that was a little history 101 of Duane Hanson
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