title: Art Hansen
text: # Art Hansen
  
  Art Hansen (1929 – June 28, 2017) was an American artist from Vashon Island. Hansen was a native Washingtonian and achieved art degrees from the University of Washington and University of Minnesota.
  
  ## Education
  
  Hansen graduated in 1952 from the University of Washington. In 1957, he received an MFA degree from the University of Minnesota.
  
  ## Career
  
  Hansen had his first one-person show in 1952 at the Seattle Art Museum. In 1953, he was awarded a Fulbright grant to study etching at the Munich Academy of the Arts. In addition to printmaking, he worked in watercolor, oil paint, lithography, and pen and ink.
  
  ## Collections
  
  Hansen's work is represented in the permanent collections of the Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, the Portland Art Museum, among others.
  
  