Armin Hansen – 1886 to 1957
Armin Hansen received his first instruction from his father, Herman
Wendelborg Hansen,1854 – 1924, the famous painter of the Old West and
frontier life. The younger Hansen later studied at Mark Hopkins Institute under
Arthur Mathews (1903-06), followed by two years in Stuttgart, Germany at theRoyal Academy under Carlos Grethe. After visiting the art centers of Paris, Munich, Holland, and Belgium, Hansen signed on as deckhand to a Norwegian steam trawler, the first of many boats which he would crew during the next four years. Upon returning to San Francisco in 1912, he taught at UC Berkeley and the California School of Fine Arts. He settled in Monterey in 1913 and taught private classes and wasinstrumental in forming the Carmel Art Institute.Hansen maintained a studio-home at 716 Pacific Street until building a home next door to artist Julian Greenwell on El Dorado Street. He lived there until his death on April 23, 1957.
