Chicago Tribune 2/23/2007
Christl M. Hansen: 1924 - 2007
Born May 20, 1924, in Coburg, Germany, she passed away Monday, Feb. 19, 2007. Christl was an award-winning artist noted for her charming paintings of children and babies.
Wife of county commissioner won many awards as an artist. She also studied with Oskar Kokoschka, a famous expressionist painter, in Salzburg, Austria, for nearly a year as a student at his School of Vision. "That was something she really wanted to do," her husband said, "and she was very proud of it."
Hansen said his wife disliked politics, in part because she was raised in Germany during the Nazi regime. "It was certainly understandable," he said. He and his wife moved to Mt. Prospect in 1958, where she started an art group in her basement studio.
"The two of them were so devoted to each other," Schreiber said of the Hansens. "She gave him a home life totally separate from politics, and he didn't insist that she become a politician's wife. He respected her for where her interests lay. He was always proud to have her with him, but he never forced her to be in the political scene when that wasn't her cup of tea."
Christl M. Hansen was the wife of former Cook County Commissioner Carl Hansen, but hers was a world of fine art--acrylics, oils and pastels--rather than politics. "She did not like politics," said her husband, a County Board member for 32 years. "She would go to meetings with me if it was important, but her life was art."
Mrs. Hansen, 82, of Mount Prospect died Monday, Feb. 19, of pneumonia in Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge after a battle with Alzheimer's disease.
"She was at home in all mediums," her husband said of her art. "She was just outstanding. She had an unmatched mastery of color." Although she excelled at impressionist landscapes, she also was known for her paintings of children, which she exhibited on the northwest suburban art fair circuit and which won many awards, friends and family members said.
"Her children's paintings were thought-provoking and gentle," said Judith Schreiber, a member of Mrs. Hansen's painting group for more than 30 years. "She had a way of bringing out the particular qualities of little kids." Schreiber said Mrs. Hansen "had a way with a brush and canvas that we all admired. "She had a great eye for color and could bring out things no one else would see," she said. "She would start with a mass of color on canvas and add color here and there, and it would take shape. She had a remarkable gift."
Mrs. Hansen was born Christl Loeser in 1924 in Coburg, Germany. As a young girl, her husband said, she participated in state theater and was crowned Miss Tourism in Bavaria as a teenager.
"She was very beautiful," he said.
Mrs. Hansen attended the equivalent of a community college in Coburg and was working for the U.S. government running a youth center when she met her husband, then stationed in Germany as a military officer during the occupation after World War II. The two dated for a few years, until Hansen returned to the U.S. to complete work on an MBA at the University of Chicago. But he said he only lasted a month without her. "I telegraphed her and asked, 'Will you marry a poor student?' and she telegraphed back and said, 'Yes,'" he said. "I didn't want to be without her." The two married in Chicago in 1952, and she began attending classes at the Art Institute of Chicago.
"She had to learn English, how to drive, how to get to classes," Schreiber said. "She had to learn very quickly how to be an American in Chicago." Schreiber said she met Mrs. Hansen at an art fair and asked if she could join the group. Mrs. Hansen would critique the work of the artists and guide them as they painted. "We had different styles, but she would adapt to our special interests and bring out the best in us," Schreiber said. "She was warmhearted and compassionate but she wasn't afraid to offer her opinions on our work. She knew her art and wanted us to see it as she did." Mrs. Hansen also was one of the founding members of the Mt. Prospect Art League.
Other survivors include a son, Lothar; two sisters, Ursula Choate and Iris Draper; a brother, Peter Bach; and a granddaughter.
Services for Christl M. Hansen (nee Loeser), 82, will be held Saturday, at Friedrichs Funeral Home, 320 W. Central Road, Mount Prospect. Interment will be private in Mount Emblem Cemetery.
Christl M. Hansen: 1924 - 2007
Born May 20, 1924, in Coburg, Germany, she passed away Monday, Feb. 19, 2007. Christl was an award-winning artist noted for her charming paintings of children and babies.
Wife of county commissioner won many awards as an artist. She also studied with Oskar Kokoschka, a famous expressionist painter, in Salzburg, Austria, for nearly a year as a student at his School of Vision. "That was something she really wanted to do," her husband said, "and she was very proud of it."
Hansen said his wife disliked politics, in part because she was raised in Germany during the Nazi regime. "It was certainly understandable," he said. He and his wife moved to Mt. Prospect in 1958, where she started an art group in her basement studio.
"The two of them were so devoted to each other," Schreiber said of the Hansens. "She gave him a home life totally separate from politics, and he didn't insist that she become a politician's wife. He respected her for where her interests lay. He was always proud to have her with him, but he never forced her to be in the political scene when that wasn't her cup of tea."
Christl M. Hansen was the wife of former Cook County Commissioner Carl Hansen, but hers was a world of fine art--acrylics, oils and pastels--rather than politics. "She did not like politics," said her husband, a County Board member for 32 years. "She would go to meetings with me if it was important, but her life was art."
Mrs. Hansen, 82, of Mount Prospect died Monday, Feb. 19, of pneumonia in Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge after a battle with Alzheimer's disease.
"She was at home in all mediums," her husband said of her art. "She was just outstanding. She had an unmatched mastery of color." Although she excelled at impressionist landscapes, she also was known for her paintings of children, which she exhibited on the northwest suburban art fair circuit and which won many awards, friends and family members said.
"Her children's paintings were thought-provoking and gentle," said Judith Schreiber, a member of Mrs. Hansen's painting group for more than 30 years. "She had a way of bringing out the particular qualities of little kids." Schreiber said Mrs. Hansen "had a way with a brush and canvas that we all admired. "She had a great eye for color and could bring out things no one else would see," she said. "She would start with a mass of color on canvas and add color here and there, and it would take shape. She had a remarkable gift."
Mrs. Hansen was born Christl Loeser in 1924 in Coburg, Germany. As a young girl, her husband said, she participated in state theater and was crowned Miss Tourism in Bavaria as a teenager.
"She was very beautiful," he said.
Mrs. Hansen attended the equivalent of a community college in Coburg and was working for the U.S. government running a youth center when she met her husband, then stationed in Germany as a military officer during the occupation after World War II. The two dated for a few years, until Hansen returned to the U.S. to complete work on an MBA at the University of Chicago. But he said he only lasted a month without her. "I telegraphed her and asked, 'Will you marry a poor student?' and she telegraphed back and said, 'Yes,'" he said. "I didn't want to be without her." The two married in Chicago in 1952, and she began attending classes at the Art Institute of Chicago.
"She had to learn English, how to drive, how to get to classes," Schreiber said. "She had to learn very quickly how to be an American in Chicago." Schreiber said she met Mrs. Hansen at an art fair and asked if she could join the group. Mrs. Hansen would critique the work of the artists and guide them as they painted. "We had different styles, but she would adapt to our special interests and bring out the best in us," Schreiber said. "She was warmhearted and compassionate but she wasn't afraid to offer her opinions on our work. She knew her art and wanted us to see it as she did." Mrs. Hansen also was one of the founding members of the Mt. Prospect Art League.
Other survivors include a son, Lothar; two sisters, Ursula Choate and Iris Draper; a brother, Peter Bach; and a granddaughter.
Services for Christl M. Hansen (nee Loeser), 82, will be held Saturday, at Friedrichs Funeral Home, 320 W. Central Road, Mount Prospect. Interment will be private in Mount Emblem Cemetery.
Chicago Tribune 2/23/2007
Christl M. Hansen: 1924 - 2007
Born May 20, 1924, in Coburg, Germany, she passed away Monday, Feb. 19, 2007. Christl was an award-winning artist noted for her charming paintings of children and babies.
Wife of county commissioner won many awards as an artist. She also studied with Oskar Kokoschka, a famous expressionist painter, in Salzburg, Austria, for nearly a year as a student at his School of Vision. "That was something she really wanted to do," her husband said, "and she was very proud of it."
Hansen said his wife disliked politics, in part because she was raised in Germany during the Nazi regime. "It was certainly understandable," he said. He and his wife moved to Mt. Prospect in 1958, where she started an art group in her basement studio.
"The two of them were so devoted to each other," Schreiber said of the Hansens. "She gave him a home life totally separate from politics, and he didn't insist that she become a politician's wife. He respected her for where her interests lay. He was always proud to have her with him, but he never forced her to be in the political scene when that wasn't her cup of tea."
Christl M. Hansen was the wife of former Cook County Commissioner Carl Hansen, but hers was a world of fine art--acrylics, oils and pastels--rather than politics. "She did not like politics," said her husband, a County Board member for 32 years. "She would go to meetings with me if it was important, but her life was art."
Mrs. Hansen, 82, of Mount Prospect died Monday, Feb. 19, of pneumonia in Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge after a battle with Alzheimer's disease.
"She was at home in all mediums," her husband said of her art. "She was just outstanding. She had an unmatched mastery of color." Although she excelled at impressionist landscapes, she also was known for her paintings of children, which she exhibited on the northwest suburban art fair circuit and which won many awards, friends and family members said.
"Her children's paintings were thought-provoking and gentle," said Judith Schreiber, a member of Mrs. Hansen's painting group for more than 30 years. "She had a way of bringing out the particular qualities of little kids." Schreiber said Mrs. Hansen "had a way with a brush and canvas that we all admired. "She had a great eye for color and could bring out things no one else would see," she said. "She would start with a mass of color on canvas and add color here and there, and it would take shape. She had a remarkable gift."
Mrs. Hansen was born Christl Loeser in 1924 in Coburg, Germany. As a young girl, her husband said, she participated in state theater and was crowned Miss Tourism in Bavaria as a teenager.
"She was very beautiful," he said.
Mrs. Hansen attended the equivalent of a community college in Coburg and was working for the U.S. government running a youth center when she met her husband, then stationed in Germany as a military officer during the occupation after World War II. The two dated for a few years, until Hansen returned to the U.S. to complete work on an MBA at the University of Chicago. But he said he only lasted a month without her. "I telegraphed her and asked, 'Will you marry a poor student?' and she telegraphed back and said, 'Yes,'" he said. "I didn't want to be without her." The two married in Chicago in 1952, and she began attending classes at the Art Institute of Chicago.
"She had to learn English, how to drive, how to get to classes," Schreiber said. "She had to learn very quickly how to be an American in Chicago." Schreiber said she met Mrs. Hansen at an art fair and asked if she could join the group. Mrs. Hansen would critique the work of the artists and guide them as they painted. "We had different styles, but she would adapt to our special interests and bring out the best in us," Schreiber said. "She was warmhearted and compassionate but she wasn't afraid to offer her opinions on our work. She knew her art and wanted us to see it as she did." Mrs. Hansen also was one of the founding members of the Mt. Prospect Art League.
Other survivors include a son, Lothar; two sisters, Ursula Choate and Iris Draper; a brother, Peter Bach; and a granddaughter.
Services for Christl M. Hansen (nee Loeser), 82, will be held Saturday, at Friedrichs Funeral Home, 320 W. Central Road, Mount Prospect. Interment will be private in Mount Emblem Cemetery.
Christl M. Hansen: 1924 - 2007
Born May 20, 1924, in Coburg, Germany, she passed away Monday, Feb. 19, 2007. Christl was an award-winning artist noted for her charming paintings of children and babies.
Wife of county commissioner won many awards as an artist. She also studied with Oskar Kokoschka, a famous expressionist painter, in Salzburg, Austria, for nearly a year as a student at his School of Vision. "That was something she really wanted to do," her husband said, "and she was very proud of it."
Hansen said his wife disliked politics, in part because she was raised in Germany during the Nazi regime. "It was certainly understandable," he said. He and his wife moved to Mt. Prospect in 1958, where she started an art group in her basement studio.
"The two of them were so devoted to each other," Schreiber said of the Hansens. "She gave him a home life totally separate from politics, and he didn't insist that she become a politician's wife. He respected her for where her interests lay. He was always proud to have her with him, but he never forced her to be in the political scene when that wasn't her cup of tea."
Christl M. Hansen was the wife of former Cook County Commissioner Carl Hansen, but hers was a world of fine art--acrylics, oils and pastels--rather than politics. "She did not like politics," said her husband, a County Board member for 32 years. "She would go to meetings with me if it was important, but her life was art."
Mrs. Hansen, 82, of Mount Prospect died Monday, Feb. 19, of pneumonia in Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge after a battle with Alzheimer's disease.
"She was at home in all mediums," her husband said of her art. "She was just outstanding. She had an unmatched mastery of color." Although she excelled at impressionist landscapes, she also was known for her paintings of children, which she exhibited on the northwest suburban art fair circuit and which won many awards, friends and family members said.
"Her children's paintings were thought-provoking and gentle," said Judith Schreiber, a member of Mrs. Hansen's painting group for more than 30 years. "She had a way of bringing out the particular qualities of little kids." Schreiber said Mrs. Hansen "had a way with a brush and canvas that we all admired. "She had a great eye for color and could bring out things no one else would see," she said. "She would start with a mass of color on canvas and add color here and there, and it would take shape. She had a remarkable gift."
Mrs. Hansen was born Christl Loeser in 1924 in Coburg, Germany. As a young girl, her husband said, she participated in state theater and was crowned Miss Tourism in Bavaria as a teenager.
"She was very beautiful," he said.
Mrs. Hansen attended the equivalent of a community college in Coburg and was working for the U.S. government running a youth center when she met her husband, then stationed in Germany as a military officer during the occupation after World War II. The two dated for a few years, until Hansen returned to the U.S. to complete work on an MBA at the University of Chicago. But he said he only lasted a month without her. "I telegraphed her and asked, 'Will you marry a poor student?' and she telegraphed back and said, 'Yes,'" he said. "I didn't want to be without her." The two married in Chicago in 1952, and she began attending classes at the Art Institute of Chicago.
"She had to learn English, how to drive, how to get to classes," Schreiber said. "She had to learn very quickly how to be an American in Chicago." Schreiber said she met Mrs. Hansen at an art fair and asked if she could join the group. Mrs. Hansen would critique the work of the artists and guide them as they painted. "We had different styles, but she would adapt to our special interests and bring out the best in us," Schreiber said. "She was warmhearted and compassionate but she wasn't afraid to offer her opinions on our work. She knew her art and wanted us to see it as she did." Mrs. Hansen also was one of the founding members of the Mt. Prospect Art League.
Other survivors include a son, Lothar; two sisters, Ursula Choate and Iris Draper; a brother, Peter Bach; and a granddaughter.
Services for Christl M. Hansen (nee Loeser), 82, will be held Saturday, at Friedrichs Funeral Home, 320 W. Central Road, Mount Prospect. Interment will be private in Mount Emblem Cemetery.
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