James Lee Hansen

By Eric Slade (OPB)
Nov. 22, 2022 9:55 p.m.

James Lee Hansen is one of the Northwest’s most prominent and influential sculptors. His imposing bronze installations are on view at the Portland Art Museum, Maryhill Museum, Clark College and institutions throughout the region. Hansen established his own foundry in Battle Ground, Washington in the 1970s. Today, at age 97, Hansen is proud of the nearly 600 sculptures he’s created. “It's a legacy,” he says, “and I think everybody wants to have a legacy.”

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