Artist

Robert Hansen

Portrait of Robert Hansen

American, 1924–2013

Robert Hansen was an American artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art.

Robert Christian Boes Hansen, also known as the Butcher Baker, was an American serial killer active in Anchorage, Alaska, between 1971 and 1983, abducting, raping and murdering at least seventeen women. Many of his victims were released by Hansen into the wilderness and hunted with a Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic rifle and hunting knives. Hansen was captured in 1983 and sentenced to 461 years' imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He died in 2014 of natural causes at age 75.

Collections represented

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