` Stephanie Pelfrey
September 11, 2014
Susan Leask, VPA 313
Armin C. Hansen
Armin Hansen’s seascapes, coastal scenes, and depictions of the fishing industry of the
Monterey Peninsula brought him to the pinnacle of fame in American art. Born in San Francisco,
CA on Oct. 23, 1886. Hansen received his first art instruction from his father, Herman, the
famous painter of the old West and frontier life. The younger Hansen later studied at the Mark
Hopkins Institute under Arthur Mathews during 1903-06 followed by two years in Stuttgart,
Germany at the Royal Academy under Carlos Grethe. After visiting the art centers of Paris,
Munich, Holland, and Belgium, he signed-on as deckhand to a Norwegian steam trawler, the first
