It is standing in the Milwaukee Art Museum and is called "The Janitor. Hanson’s hyperrealistic sculptures are cast from live models and typically formed in bronze or fiberglass resin. Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Friends of Art M1973.91. © Estate of Duane Hanson/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.

Oil on panel with cradle on the back for easy hanging. I painted a portrait of him. After attendance at Luther College and the University of Washington , he graduated from Macalester College in 1946.

Photo credit John Nienhuis. Duane Hanson created attention-grabbing, life-sized sculptural portraits of cultural types and clichés, including, perhaps most famously, the “Middle-American” tourist.

Duane Elwood Hanson was born January 17, 1925, in Alexandria, Minnesota. People are scared to walk up to it because they are not sure if it a real person or not. Duane Hanson (American, 1925-1996), Janitor, 1973. View Duane Hanson’s 74 artworks on artnet. Please practice hand-washing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. See available sculpture, installation, and paintings for sale and learn about the artist. This is a portrait of a sculpture by Duane Hanson. If you do not know the work of Duane Hanson, it is sculpture that is super realistic, lifelike. Oct 15, 2016 - Duane Hanson - janitor - Milwaukee Art Museum Stay safe and healthy. Duane Hanson was an American sculptor known for his hyper-realistic depictions of ordinary people. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. 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. 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. Polyester, fiberglass, and mixed media; 65 1/2 x 28 x 22 in.