Anne Coffin Hanson

Background

Hanson, Anne Coffin was born on December 12, 1921 in Kinston, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Francis Joseph Howells and Annie Roulhac (Coffin) Coffin.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, University Southern California, 1943. Master of Arts in Creative Arts, University North Carolina, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College, 1962.

Career

Instructor, Albright Art School, U. Buffalo, 1955-1958; visiting associate professor art, Cornell Univercity, 1963; assistant professor, Swarthmore College, 1963-1964; assistant professor, Bryn Mawr College, 1964-1968; director, International Study Center, Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1968-1969; adjunct associate professor, New York University, 1969-1970; professor of history art, Yale University, New Haven, 1970-1992; department chairman, Yale University, 1974-1978; acting director Art Gallery,, Yale University, 1985-1987; John Hay Whitney professor emeritus, Yale University, since 1992; acting curator of European and Contemporary Art, Yale Art Gallery, 1995-1996. Visiting Clark professor Clark The Art Institute of Chicago, Williams College, fall 1990. Samuel H. Kress professor (honorary) Center Advanced Study Visual Arts National Gallery Art, Washington, 1992-1993.

Achievements

• Anne Coffin Hanson has been listed as a noteworthy art historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Edouard Manet 1832-1883

    (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1966, Very good., Printed wra...)

  • Severini Futurista, 1912-1917

    (Book by Hanson, Anne Coffin)

  • Manet and the Modern tradition by Anne C. Hanson (1980-05-03)
  • Manet and the Modern Tradition
  • Manet and the Modern tradition
  • Severini Futurista, 1912-1917 by Hanson, Anne Coffin (1997) Paperback
  • Manet and the Modern tradition by Anne C. Hanson (1980-01-01) Paperback

Membership

Member governing board, vice president Hillstead Museum, Farmington, Connecticut, 1989-1992, vice president, 1991-1992. Advisory board Swann Foundation for Cartoon and Caricature, New York City, 1988-1993. Member College Art Association American (president 1972-1974), Comité Internationale de l'histoire de l'Art (national member 1975-1992).

Connections

Married Bernard Alan Hanson, June 27, 1961. Children by previous marriage: James Warfield Garson, Robert Coffin Garson, Ann Blaine Garson.

Father:

Francis Joseph Howells Coffin

Mother:

Annie Roulhac (Coffin) Coffin

Spouse:

Bernard Alan Hanson