Duane Hanson was an American artist and sculptor born in Minnesota. He spent most of his career in South Florida. He was known for his life-sized realistic sculptures of people. He cast the works based on human models in various materials, including polyester resin, fiberglass, Bondo, and bronze. Hanson's works are in the permanent collections of The Whitney Museum of American Art, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and The Smithsonian.
Duane Hanson
Hanson with his sculpture at the Whitney Museum
Woman Eating (1971), polyester resin, fiberglass, polychromed in oil paint with clothes, table, chair and accessories (life-sized), Smithsonian American Art Museum
Alexandria is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,335 as of the 2020 census. Alexandria is near I-94, along Minnesota State Highways 27 and 29. It is ten miles south of Lake Carlos State Park.
Alexandria Post Office (historic)
Statue of Big Ole the Viking, greeting visitors to Alexandria
Alexandria Technical & Community College