Hanna, David (American 1941-1981), Boyd County, dry brush painting, 24 x 48 inches, signed lower right, framed with a black painted wood frame, William David Hanna was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on August 31st, 1941. The youngest of twelve children in a working-class home on the city's North Side, Hanna demonstrated an unusual interest in antiques and historical sites as a child and spent much of his free time sketching. In 1955 he dropped out of school and took a job at a local dance studio. When his mother fell ill in 1959, Hanna returned to Pittsburgh and became the lead instructor at the Continental Dance Studio. With a growing family to support Hanna enlisted in the Army Special Services, Airborne Division, where he served for three years. David Hanna's first exhibit at the Pittsburgh Playhouse in 1965 launched his artistic career. He had his first major solo museum exhibit at the Westmoreland County Museum of Art (now the Westmoreland Museum of American Art) in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in 1977. On January 13, 1981, after meeting with the Westmoreland to discuss a second exhibit Hanna suffered a massive heart attack and died at the Monsour Medical Center in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania at the age of thirty-nine. In good condition apart from some accretions of surface dirt around the perimeter. Merchandise will be packed and transported by the purchaser at their own risk and expense. A list of recommended shippers is on our website: https://www.conceptgallery.com/auctions/shipping/ .