Winter Forest
Item
Title
Winter Forest
Creator
Art Hansen
American, b. 1929
American, b. 1929
Date
1976
Materials
Etching
Measurements
13-1/2 x 15-1/2 in. (34.3 x 39.4 cm)
Description
Art Hansen found success early. He had his first solo exhibition, at the Seattle Art Museum, in 1952, shortly after concluding his undergraduate studies at the University of Washington. The same year he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, and in 1953 he won a Fulbright Fellowship, which allowed him to continue his studies for a year in Germany, at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, in Munich. Since 1960, he has managed to support himself and his family, quite comfortably, as printmaker and watercolorist.
As with all of the artist’s work, the imagery of Winter Forest was inspired by the natural beauty of Vashon Island, in the Puget Sound just below Seattle, Washington, where Hansen has lived since 1963.
As with all of the artist’s work, the imagery of Winter Forest was inspired by the natural beauty of Vashon Island, in the Puget Sound just below Seattle, Washington, where Hansen has lived since 1963.
Source
Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, Gift of Jesse and Violet MacKnight.
Identifier
91.44
Rights
This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted.