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James Lee Hansen

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James Lee Hansen (Born 1925) is active/lives in Washington.  James Hansen is known for Large scale monumental public sculpture.

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 JAMES LEE HANSEN by Steven L. Grafe

During a career that has spanned more than sixty years, Battle Ground, Washington, artist James Lee Hansen has produced more than seven hundred sculptures ranging in size from small studies to monumental works of public art. Working primarily in bronze, Hansen’s sculptural series relate to his ideas about human origins, existence, identity, and reality.

Hansen was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1925. In 1936, at the height of the
Great Depression, he moved south to Vancouver with his parents and brother. He spent most of his teenage years raising racing pigeons and hunting, fishing, and horseback riding in the surrounding countryside. World War II broke out while he was attending Vancouver High School, and right after graduation in 1943 he went to the Marine recruiting office in downtown Portland. Finding it closed for lunch, the impatient young man went next door and enlisted in the Navy.

For three years, Hansen was a sailor   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8672 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 7 similar (related) artists for James Lee Hansen available:    Virginia Banks,  Neil Meitzler,  Wendell Brazeau,  Jay (John Jay) Steensma,  Kenneth Callahan,  Joe Goode,  Dale Chihuly



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12 Book References for James Lee Hansen
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1991 Melosh, Barbara Engendering Culture Manhood & Womanhood in New Deal Public Art & Theater 297 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1974 National Collection/Fine Arts Art of the Pacific Northwest From the 1930s to the Present
(Exhibition catalog)		 141 No
1962 Rogers, Millard Northwest Art Today Adventures in Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 106 No
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