Joseph Hanson (American 1900-1963)
Joseph-Mellor Hanson was a Modernist painter. Born in Halifax, he moved to Paris in 1925 and worked under Lhote, Friesz, Leger and Ozenfant, eventually becoming the assistant of the latter until he returned for a short stay in England. While in the French capital he exhibited in 1924 at the Salon des Independants and had his first one-man show in the Galerie Mots et Images in 1928, followed by one at the Galerie Aubier. During the first half of the 30s he exhibited around Europe, Stockholm and Zurich, before leaving the continent for the United States. In 1945 he was teaching in Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. He returned to Great Britain where he died.