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Duane Hanson

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Duane Hanson (1925 - 1996) was active/lived in Florida, New York, Minnesota.  Duane Hanson is known for Sculptor of super real figures.

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 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 famous portrait The Blue Boy (c. 1770).  Hanson created his version of Blue Boy in 193   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7035 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  71
Magazine References:  9

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9 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Duane Hanson
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Duane Hanson: Portraits from the He December 2004 Editors, American Art Review Yes
ARTFORUM Post Human: Robert Rosenblum on Bod October 2004 Rosenblum, Robert Yes
Art & Antiques Gallery Watch March 2004 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
ARTnews The ARTnews 200 Top Collectors July 2003 Editor, ARTnews Yes
ARTnews Sticks & Stones & Lemon Cough Drops September 2002 Hochfield, Sylvia Yes
Art & Antiques Museum Scene December 2000 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions October 1999 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews REviews November 1995 MacAdam, Alfred Yes
ARTnews Art TALK June 1995 Newhall, Edith Yes
71 Book References for Duane Hanson
Year Author Title Pages Color
2013 Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism in the Digital Age: 320 Yes
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Editors, American Art Review Duane Hanson: Portraits from the Heartland
(Exhibition catalog)		 142 Yes
2001 Byatt, A.S. (foreward) Writers on Artists 352 Yes
2000 Hall, Dawn (editor) Cast of Characters: Figurative Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)		 62 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Lucie-Smith, Edward Visual Arts in the 20th Century 400 Yes
1996 Barbara and Peter Toohil Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know… 363 Yes
1995 Fineberg, Jonathan Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being 496 Yes
1995 Lucie-Smith, Edward Art Today 512 Yes
1994 Craven, Wayne American Art History and Culture 687 Yes
1994 Lucie-Smith, Edward American Realism 240 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1992 Kurtz, Bruce D Contemporary Art 1965-1990 256 Yes
1992 Seitz, William C Art in the Age of Aquarius, 1955-1970 250 Yes
1991 Hoffman, Katherine Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945 400 Yes
1991 Wheeler, Daniel Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present 344 Yes
1990 Livingstone, Marco Pop Art A Continuing History 271 Yes
1989 Armstrong, Tom/Susan C Larsen Art in Place Fifteen Years of Acquisition
(Exhibition catalog)		 230 Yes
1989 Naylor, Colin (editor) Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition) 1059 No
1988 Sandler, Irving American Art of the 1960s 412 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Feldman, Edmund Burke Varieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition) 528 Yes
1987 Stich, Sidra Made In U S A An Americanization in Modern Art '50s & 60s
(Exhibition catalog)		 280 Yes
1986 Hunter, Sam An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940
(Exhibition catalog)		 269 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Stein, Harvey Artists Observed 160 No
1985 Bush, Martin Sculptures by Duane Hanson 128 Yes
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1985 Lucie-Smith, Edward American Art Now 160 Yes
1985 Varnedoe, Kirk Duane Hanson 117 Yes
1984 Baigell, Mathew American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History 420 No
1984 Craven, Wayne Sculpture in America (new and revised edition) 782 No
1984 Lucie-Smith, Edward Movements in Art since 1945 New Revised Edition 288 Yes
1984 Marks, Claude World Artists 1950-1980 912 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1984 Robins, Corrine The Pluralist Era: American Art 1968-1981 246 Yes
1982 Ashton, Dore American Art Since 1945 224 Yes
1982 Johnson, Ellen H (editor) American Artists on Art from 1940 to 1980 274 No
1982 Von Blum, Paul Critical Vision/A Historyof Social and Political Art in the U S 165 No
1981 Armstrong, Tom (Foreward) 1981 Biennial Exhibition Whitney Museum
(Exhibition catalog)		 159 No
1981 Danoff, Michael/C K Carr The Image in American Painting and Sculpture 1950-1980
(Exhibition catalog)		 102 Yes
1981 Goodyear, Frank H, Jr. Contemporary American Realism Since 1960 (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts) 255 Yes
1981 Nygren, Edward/Julie R Myers Of Time and Place American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery
(Exhibition catalog)		 196 Yes
1980 Lucie-Smith, Edward Art in the Seventies 128 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Brown, Milton W (others) American Art Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts 616 Yes
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc) 730 No
1979 Taylor, Joshua C The Fine Arts in America 264 No
1978 Adams, Hugh Art of the Sixties 80 Yes
1978 Walker, John Art Since Pop 110 Yes
1977 Ekdahl, Janis American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources 260 No
1977 Goodyear, Frank H 8 Contemporary American Realists
(Exhibition catalog)		 62 Yes
1977 Whitney Museum 1977 Biennial Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 104 No
1976 Boyle, Richard (Prefac); Frank Goodyear, Jr.; Louise Lippincott, et all In This Academy: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-1976
(Exhibition catalog)		 322 Yes
1976 Bush, Martin Duane Hanson 111 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1976 Johnson, Ellen H Modern Art and the Object A Century of Changing Values 240 No
1976 Kulturmann, Udo New Realism 190 Yes
1976 Lipman, Jean/Helen M Franc Bright Stars: American Painting and Sculpture Since1776 208 Yes
1976 Taylor, Joshua C America as Art 320 Yes
1975 Battcock, Gregory (editor) Super Realism: A Critical Anthology 322 Yes
1975 Cone, Michele The Roots and Routes of Art in the 20th Century 252 No
1974 Adrian, Dennis John De Andrea, Duane Hanson The Real and Ideal in Figurative Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)		 18 Yes
1974 Schwartz, Barry The New Humanism Art in a Time of Change 192 Yes
1974 University of Illinois Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, 1974
(Exhibition catalog)		 136 No
1973 Chase, Linda Les Hyperrrealists Americains 76 Yes
1972 Rosenberg, Harold The De-definition of Art Action Art to Pop to Earthworks 256 No
1969 Doty, Robert Human Concern/Personal Torment The Grotesque in American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 72 Yes
Pollack, Deborah Florida Sculptors and Their Work 1880-2020 184 Yes
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