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Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Polyester, fiberglass, and mixed media; 65 1/2 x 28 x 22 in. Hanson’s hyperrealistic sculptures are cast from live models and typically formed in bronze or fiberglass resin. Following a period where he taught high school art, he received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills in 1951. This is a portrait of a sculpture by Duane Hanson. It is standing in the Milwaukee Art Museum and is called "The Janitor. Duane Elwood Hanson was born January 17, 1925, in Alexandria, Minnesota. Duane Hanson created attention-grabbing, life-sized sculptural portraits of cultural types and clichés, including, perhaps most famously, the “Middle-American” tourist.

Oil on panel with cradle on the back for easy hanging.

If you do not know the work of Duane Hanson, it is sculpture that is super realistic, lifelike. View Duane Hanson’s 74 artworks on artnet. Oct 15, 2016 - Duane Hanson - janitor - Milwaukee Art Museum Stay safe and healthy.

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Duane Hanson (American, 1925-1996), Janitor, 1973. I painted a portrait of him.

Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Friends of Art M1973.91. People are scared to walk up to it because they are not sure if it a real person or not. Duane Hanson, in full Duane Elwood Hanson, (born January 17, 1925, Alexandria, Minnesota, U.S.—died January 6, 1996, Boca Raton, Florida), American figurative sculptor whose lifelike figures made of cast fibreglass and polyester resin and dressed in everyday clothes often fooled the public into believing that they were viewing real people.

Duane Hanson was an American sculptor known for his hyper-realistic depictions of ordinary people. Photo credit John Nienhuis.

After attendance at Luther College and the University of Washington , he graduated from Macalester College in 1946. Please practice hand-washing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.