Scott Hewitt – September 17, 2020 The Maryhill Museum of Art will reopen to the public, with limited days and timed admissions, on Friday. The museum houses an eclectic mix of European and American paintings, indigenous American artworks and artifacts, objects donated by the Queen of Romania, sculptures by Rodin, Orthodox icons and fashion mannequins…
Eulogy – Don E. Sorensen 1927 – 1994
James Lee Hansen gave this eulogy for his dear friend and collaborator, Don Sorensen, at his funeral services in 1994. Those words still ring true today, and continue to reflect Jim’s philosophy of his life. To My Friend, Don Sorensen, Painter. It is difficult when an artist friend dies, not to speculate what more they…
Two petroglyphs to leave Grant House near Fort Vancouver to be closer to place of origin
In 1956, James Lee Hansen began making molds and recording many of the petroglyphic prehistoric carvings in the are of the Columbia River Gorge that was inundated by the Dalles and John Day Dams constructed by the Army Corp of Engineers in the 1950’s. Many of these recorded images were gifted to “The Oregon Museum of Science and History” in Portland, Oregon. This project was completed with Dr. Carl Heller and James Haseltine.
Dismantling Clark County Title Building – James Lee Hansen Façade Saved
In 1962, Hansen was hired to help create a unique new building for the Clark County Title Co. at 110 East 11th St. in downtown Vancouver.
91-year-old Battle Ground artist revisits his unfinished sculptures
DAYBREAK — James Lee Hansen is finishing things up. He’s not starting any new sculptures these days, he said, but he is striving to complete decades-old pieces that were left undone.
Maryhill Museum of Art Exhibit
During a career that has spanned more than sixty years, Battle Ground, Washington, artist James Lee Hansen has produced more than seven hundred sculptures ranging in size from small studies to monumental works of public art.
Art School 1946-1949
JLH enrolled in Portland Art Museum School in September, 1946, soon after being discharged from the Navy in March.
NAVY YEARS 1943 – 1946
Immediately upon graduation from Vancouver High School in 1943 James Lee Hansen enlisted in the United States Navy.
2000 – 2010
2000 – 2010
Early Years 1925 – 1943
Early experiences with art, high school, and employment.