 Contact 135 East Main Street Bozeman, MT 59715 Tel: (406) 586-3636 Fax: (406) 587-8279 Email: tom.n@nygardgallery.com Web Site: www.nygardgallery.com Directions to the Gallery | Herman Hansen (1854 - 1924)Herman Wendelborg Hansen was born in Germany, educated there, England and finally the Art Institute of Chicago. Unlike his contemporary, Frederic Remington, he was not an illustrator but a strict western genre painter who cherished the West. While studying in Chicago he finally got his chance to see the wild frontier. He received a commission from the Northwestern Railways to do a series of transportation advertisements. His painting, The Pony Express brought great success to the young artist, and copies of this work are now found all over the world. After his travels throughout the West from Montana and the Dakotas in the north to Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona in the Southwest, Hansen finally settled in San Francisco when he was twenty-eight, and married Olga Josue. There family consisted of a daughter, Frieda and a son, Armin who became one of the great west coast marine painters and etchers. Except for brief absences, California remained the elder Hansen’s home until his death in 1924 at the age of seventy. Herman Hansen was an accomplished draftsman and was known for his superb action portrayed in his horses. Though a painter of oils and an etcher in late life his primary means of expression was watercolor. His works are found in public and private collections worldwide. Click any image to enlarge it to see more information about the work.
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