Gaylen C. Hansen
American artist (born 1921) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gaylen Capener Hansen (born September 21, 1921) is an American artist best known for neo-expressionist figurative paintings that feature the flora and fauna of the Palouse, a geographically unusual area in Eastern Washington state where he lives and works, and "the Kernal," Hansen's alter-ego frontiersman whose often-perilous adventures are depicted in many of the artist's canvases.
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Born | Gaylen Capener Hansen (1921-09-21) September 21, 1921 (age 102) Garland, Utah, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (1953) Utah State College, Logan, Utah (1952) |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | Heidi Oberheide |
Awards | Flintridge Foundation Award for Visual Artists (2002) Washington State Governor’s Arts Award (1990) Sambuca Romana Contemporary Artists Fellowship (1984) |
Hansen's paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries in Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, Berlin, Beijing, and Singapore, and are held in numerous public and private collections.
Hansen has received several prestigious awards, including the Flintridge Foundation Awards for Visual Artists in 2001.
Between 2007 and 2010, Hansen was the subject of a traveling retrospective exhibition, titled "Gaylen Hansen: Three Decades of Paintings."
Hansen served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, from 1957 to 1982.