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Craig Hanna was born in Cleveland in the United States in 1967. A New York painter by training, he studied at the Fine Art Syracuse University, then at the Fine Arts School of Visual Arts, before specializing at the New York Academy of Figurative Art. He began exhibiting his work at the age of 29 and quickly, his works met with great success. In 1998, an entire floor was reserved for him at Bergdorf Goodman in New York. He then exhibited in London, Hong Kong and Malta. Twice selected for the National Gallery BPPortrait Award, he won an award in 2001 for his work Carlos sitting on a clear plastic chair. Reviving the tradition of American painters who, from Sargent to Hopper, left America for Europe, H. Craig Hannah lived in Malta, London and today lives in Paris. Following his meeting with Laurence Esnol in 2006 and his first Parisian exhibition in 2008, H. Craig Hanna moved to Paris where he exhibited permanently and as a world exclusive at Laurence Esnol Gallery. H. Craig Hanna has been painting in oils since his time at the School of Visual Arts in New York between 1994 and 1996. His taste for classic figurative painting, based on live models and from nature, comes from this period. .Through contact with his painting teacher John Foots, he became aware of the Great Masters of figurative painting, notably Rembrandt, Vel\u00e1zquez, Sargent and Ingres. The Metropolitan Museum of Art occupies a fundamental place in his academic training. Regular visits to the museum&#8217;s works, particularly those of Vel\u00e1zquez, allowed him to perfect his pictorial education and strengthen his style. A highly demanding virtuoso painter, H. Craig Hanna sees the Great Masters as an artistic horizon to be surpassed. Studying the work of painters like Bonnard or Vuillard, and the Austrian expressionists Kokoschka and Schiele, allowed him to emancipate himself from his classical influences, discovering new important aspects in painting, such as the role of color and composition. Renouant avec la tradition des peintres am\u00e9ricains qui, de Sargent \u00e0 Hopper, sont partis d\u2019Am\u00e9riquevers l\u2019Europe, H. Craig Hannah a v\u00e9cu \u00e0 Malte, Londres et vit aujourd\u2019hui \u00e0 Paris. Suite \u00e0 sa rencontreavec Laurence Esnol en 2006 et sa premi\u00e8re exposition parisienne en 2008, H. Craig Hanna s\u2019installe\u00e0 Paris o\u00f9 il expose en permanence et en exclusivit\u00e9 mondiale chez Laurence Esnol Gallery. H. Craig Hanna peint \u00e0 l\u2019huile depuis son passage \u00e0 la School of Visual Arts de New York entre 1994 et 1996.Son go\u00fbt pour la peinture figurative classique, d\u2019apr\u00e8s mod\u00e8le vivant et d\u2019apr\u00e8s nature, lui vient de cette \u00e9poque.Au contact de son professeur de peinture John Foots, il est sensibilis\u00e9 aux Grands Ma\u00eetres de la peinture figurative, notamment Rembrandt, V\u00e9lasquez, Sargent et Ingres. Le Metropolitan Museum of Art occupe une place fondamentale dans sa formation acad\u00e9mique. La fr\u00e9quentation assidue des \u0153uvres du mus\u00e9e, notamment celles de V\u00e9lasquez, lui permet de parfaire son \u00e9ducation picturale et d\u2019affermir son trait. Peintre virtuose d\u2019une grande exigence, H. Craig Hanna voit les Grands Ma\u00eetres comme un horizon artistique \u00e0 d\u00e9passer. L\u2019\u00e9tude du travail de peintres comme Bonnard ouVuillard, et des expressionnistes autrichiens Kokoschka et Schiele, lui a permis de s\u2019\u00e9manciper de ses influences classiques, en d\u00e9couvrant de nouveaux aspects importants en peinture, comme le r\u00f4le de la couleur et la composition","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.laurenceesnolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/s.webp"}