W. Truman Hosner (American 1950 – )
Detroit, MI / Paso Robles, CA
- Master Pastelist -Pastel Society of America
- Distinguished Pastelist -Pastel Society of the West Coast
- Maitre Pastelliste -Societé de Pastel de L’est du Canada
- Master’s Circle -International Association of Pastel Societies
- Member -California Art Club, Pastel Society of America, Pastel Society of the West Coast
Pro Bono Work
- For 10 years spent one day per month at Children’s Hospital in Detroit
drawing portraits of the young patients in their rooms and gifting the drawings to the
kids and their families. - In 2010 founded the Café Society Educational Scholarship Fund (housed at the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Community Foundation) to assist Northern Michigan coffee house baristas with needed funds to pursue higher education.
- In 2012 donated the entire proceeds of an auctioned portrait commission (approximately $8500.) to benefit the Traverse City Symphony Orchestra.
Education/Expertise
- Bachelor of Fine Arts/Wayne State University, Detroit
- Post Graduate Studies/Center for Creative Studies, Detroit
- Former Faculty/Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design
- Post Graduate Studies/Scottsdale Artists School
- Current Faculty/Scottsdale Artist School
- 20 years Freelance Illustrator
- 28 years Plein-air Fine Artist
- International Art-Workshop Teacher/US, Taiwan, Spain, Canada, France, Mexico
- Published Author
- Board Member Pastel Society of the West Coast/Liaison to Museums
Highlights
- Foreign Guest of Honor: Salon International, Art du Pastel en France/Giverny, France
- Lead Artist Delegate: 2nd International Pastel Biennial-International Exhibition in
Oviedo, Spain where the United States was invited as Country of Honor - Artist in Residency: Dinan, France (Les Amis de Grande Vigne)
- Solo Exhibition, Hillsdale College, MI/ Sparkle with Repose -44 Works of Art
- Solo Exhibition, Gifts of Art Program – University of Michigan Hospital Gallery
- Featured Artist-Speaker at the National Taiwan Arts Education and Economic Offices
Exhibition,held in NYC for United Nations International Woman’s Day
Institutional Collections
- Permanent Collection at the Jean-Haffen Museum, Dinan, France
- Permanent Collection at Hillsdale College, Michigan
- Wayne State University (by right of the eminent domain two Hosner senior-year student exhibition paintings were incorporated into the university)
Exhibited At
- ASPAS at City of Oviedo Cultural Center, Oviedo, Spain
- Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
- 99° Art Center – Taipei, Taiwan
- National Taiwan Arts Education & Economic Offices, NYC
- Hillsdale College, Sage Center for the Arts – Solo Exhibition
- Butler Institute of American Art – Youngstown, Ohio
- Salmagundi Art Club -NYC
- Pastel Society of America/National Arts Club, NYC
- Bienal Internacional de Pintura al Pastel – Oviedo, Spain
- Art du Pastel Salon Internationale – Giverny, France
- Pastel Society of Eastern Canada – Montreal, Canada
- Greenbrier Invitational -White Sulphur Springs, WV
- Gifts of Art Program – University of Michigan Hospital Gallery – Solo Exhibition
- Triton Museum of Art – Santa Clara, California
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art – Santa Barbara, California
- Haggin Museum of Art – Stockton, California
- Moro Bay Art Center – Morro Bay, California
- Studios on the Park – Paso Robles, California
- Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, Michigan – 4 Artist
Self Portrait 16×20 / Conte Crayon
Self Portrait 16×20 / Conte Crayon
W. Truman Hosner (American 1950 – )
Detroit, MI / Paso Robles, CA
- Master Pastelist -Pastel Society of America
- Distinguished Pastelist -Pastel Society of the West Coast
- Maitre Pastelliste -Societé de Pastel de L’est du Canada
- Master’s Circle -International Association of Pastel Societies
- Member -California Art Club, Pastel Society of America, Pastel Society of the West Coast
Pro Bono Work
- For 10 years spent one day per month at Children’s Hospital in Detroit
drawing portraits of the young patients in their rooms and gifting the drawings to the
kids and their families. - In 2010 founded the Café Society Educational Scholarship Fund (housed at the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Community Foundation) to assist Northern Michigan coffee house baristas with needed funds to pursue higher education.
- In 2012 donated the entire proceeds of an auctioned portrait commission (approximately $8500.) to benefit the Traverse City Symphony Orchestra.
Education/Expertise
- Bachelor of Fine Arts/Wayne State University, Detroit
- Post Graduate Studies/Center for Creative Studies, Detroit
- Former Faculty/Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design
- Post Graduate Studies/Scottsdale Artists School
- Current Faculty/Scottsdale Artist School
- 20 years Freelance Illustrator
- 28 years Plein-air Fine Artist
- International Art-Workshop Teacher/US, Taiwan, Spain, Canada, France, Mexico
- Published Author
- Board Member Pastel Society of the West Coast/Liaison to Museums
Highlights
- Foreign Guest of Honor: Salon International, Art du Pastel en France/Giverny, France
- Lead Artist Delegate: 2nd International Pastel Biennial-International Exhibition in
Oviedo, Spain where the United States was invited as Country of Honor - Artist in Residency: Dinan, France (Les Amis de Grande Vigne)
- Solo Exhibition, Hillsdale College, MI/ Sparkle with Repose -44 Works of Art
- Solo Exhibition, Gifts of Art Program – University of Michigan Hospital Gallery
- Featured Artist-Speaker at the National Taiwan Arts Education and Economic Offices
Exhibition,held in NYC for United Nations International Woman’s Day
Institutional Collections
- Permanent Collection at the Jean-Haffen Museum, Dinan, France
- Permanent Collection at Hillsdale College, Michigan
- Wayne State University (by right of the eminent domain two Hosner senior-year student exhibition paintings were incorporated into the university)
Exhibited At
- ASPAS at City of Oviedo Cultural Center, Oviedo, Spain
- Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
- 99° Art Center – Taipei, Taiwan
- National Taiwan Arts Education & Economic Offices, NYC
- Hillsdale College, Sage Center for the Arts – Solo Exhibition
- Butler Institute of American Art – Youngstown, Ohio
- Salmagundi Art Club -NYC
- Pastel Society of America/National Arts Club, NYC
- Bienal Internacional de Pintura al Pastel – Oviedo, Spain
- Art du Pastel Salon Internationale – Giverny, France
- Pastel Society of Eastern Canada – Montreal, Canada
- Greenbrier Invitational -White Sulphur Springs, WV
- Gifts of Art Program – University of Michigan Hospital Gallery – Solo Exhibition
- Triton Museum of Art – Santa Clara, California
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art – Santa Barbara, California
- Haggin Museum of Art – Stockton, California
- Moro Bay Art Center – Morro Bay, California
- Studios on the Park – Paso Robles, California
- Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, Michigan – 4 Artist
Born in Detroit, Michigan William Truman Hosner earned his BFA at Wayne State University, and went on to study illustration at the Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design in Detroit where he eventually returned to teach. Over his 17 years as a professional illustrator, his assignments included, among others, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Field and Stream magazine, CBS-Fox Video, and Reader’s Digest.
At the peak of a very successful career in commercial art, Hosner re-focused himself: studying under two master painters at the Scottsdale Artists School: Harley Brown and Dan Gerhartz. Soon, plein-air painting captured his passion. For two decades Hosner was fortunate to have the personal mentoring of Max Altekruse, himself a student of the renowned Frank Reilly of the Art Students League in New York City.
Hosner has achieved uncommon success: from 2010 to present, he has received: ‘First Prize’ from the French Pastel Society in Giverny, France; ‘First Prize’ from the American Pastel Society in New York City; and ‘Best of Show’ from the Pastel Society of the West Coast; Best Overall Pastel – April/May 2015 Bi-monthly Plein Air Magazine Salon Show; Best of Show/Plein-Air -Pastel Society of the West Coast; Best of Show for a Body of Work/Festival of the Arts -Paso Robles, CA -Quang Ho, juror.
Paintings by W. Truman Hosner have been featured in national and international museum exhibitions and collections ranging from New York City . . . to California . . . to Canada . . . to France . . . to Asia.
“Painting exclusively from life, the integrity of Hosner’s art is never in question as he conveys through his works the evolving moods and dynamics that can be captured only through the art of plein air painting.” -Harry Goldson, Suttons Bay Galleries
“During an open air painting session everything is always changing, the light is constantly modulating . . . and then my painting slowly evolves . . . if I am successful it becomes dynamic, and pulsates with the energy before me as the exuberance of the plein-air experience implants itself into the work.” – Truman Hosner