Armin Carl Hansen (1886–1957) was an American prominent painter of the en plein air school, and a native of San Francisco, best known for his marine canvases. His father Herman Wendelborg Hansen was also an artist of the American West. Armin Hansen studied at the California School of Design (now the San Francisco Art Institute), and in Europe. He achieved international recognition for his scenes depicting men and the sea off the northern coast of California. He was elected an Associate to the National Academy of Design in 1926 and an Academician in 1948.[1]
Early years
He was born Armin Carl Hansen in San Francisco, California, on October 23, 1886, and relocated 1891 with his family to the nearby island town of Alameda. Here his father gave young Armin his first training in drawing and watercolors.
At the Mark Hopkins Institute he studied under several teachers, including the highly respected arts & crafts designer Frederick Meyer and the Tonalist painter Arthur Frank Mathews, from 1901 until his abrupt departure in t
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Armin Hansen Gallery
Armin Hansen 1886-1857
Armin Hansen 1886-1857
Armin Hansen 1886-1857
Armin Hansen 1886-1857
Armin Hansen 1886-1857
Armin Hansen 1886-1857
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American painter Armin Hansen, son of the famous painter of the old Wild West Herman Wendelborg Hansen (1854-1924), studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art and in Germany at the Art Academy in Stuttgart. He spent several years traveling and studying in Europe (München, Paris, the Netherlands, and Belgium) and then signed up on a Norwegian fishing trawler. He later taught at the prestigious University of California at Berkeley and the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. At that time, he was one of the most well-known painters and teachers. For instance, he managed the summer courses at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco and was involved in founding the Carmel Art Institute in the Monterey area. Around 1915, he turned towards post-Impressionist painting, mostly in oil and watercolors and etching. His favorite subjects were the sea, the coast and the fishermen of Monterey, later including Indians of the American West. He had occasionally worked himself as a sailor.
Over the Top, which received an Honorable Mention at the 1932 Art Competitions, wa