biography of Oskar J. W. HANSEN (1892-1962)
Birth place: Norway
Death place: Charlottesville, VA.
Profession: Sculptor, writer
Studied: Port Arthur College, TX; Evanston Acad., Illinois; Northwestern Univ., 1914-15.
Exhibited: AIC, 1928-31, 1935.
Work: Smithsonian; colossal figure, Hoover Dam, Boulder Dam, 1935
Comments: Came to the U.S. in 1910 after traveling around the world five times as a cabin boy. Toured the Arizona desert in 1938.
Sources: P&H Samuels, 206.