biografía de Herman Wendelborg HANSEN (1854-1924)

Lugar de nacimiento: Dithmarschen, Germany

Lugar de defunción: Oakland, CA

Direcciones: NYC (immigrated 1877); Chicago, IL (c.1881); San Francisco & Oakland, CA (1882-on)

Profesión: Painter, etcher

Estudios: Heimerdinger and Simmonsen in Hamburg, 1870; England, 1876; AIC, c.1881.

Exposiciones: PAFA, 1877

Obra: Denver AM; Eastman Mem. Fndn., MI; Harmsen Collection.

Comentarios: His specialty was watercolors depicting scenes of the Old West in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico ó and he brought them to life with horses and riders in dramatic action. He was highly successful in selling his works, the best known of which was "Pony Express" (1900), widely distributed as a color print. His son was the California painter and etcher, Armin Hansen (see entry).

Fuentes: Hughes, Artists in California, 235; P & H Samuels, 206; Falk, Exh. Record Series.