Bio
William T. Hosner
Bill was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1950. He earned his BFA at Wayne State University and studied illustration at the Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design in Detroit. For 17 years Bill produced illustrations for companies such as Readers Digest, Field and Steam Magazine, CBS-Fox Video and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
At the peak of a highly successful career in commercial art, Bill rededicated himself to fine art painting, intent upon building a new career which would allow him the freedom to grow artistically as well as spiritually. To further develop his artistic abilities, he enrolled in the Scottsdale Artists School in Arizona. There he studied under two master painters, Harley Brown and Dan Gerhartz.
Bill's work is dedicated to the art of plein air painting. For Bill it all makes sense; "A photograph freezes a moment in time. While, over a painting session everything is moving, changing... the artist as well as the subject. During that experience the work evolves, is dynamic and can take on the energies of life. Painting "en plein air" lifts my spirit. And in so doing it amplifies my recognition of a God given value and uniqueness in the world that surrounds me."
"Bill Hosner's many honors reflect his reputation as being among the world's finest plein air pastel painters. Painting 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
Signature Member:
Pastel Society of America, Pastel Society of the West Coast
Master Designation: International Association of Pastel Societies,
Pastel Society of America and Pastel Society of Eastern Canada
Museum Collection: Jean-Haffen Museum/City of Dinan, Dinan, France
Exhibited:
Solo Exhibition/Gifts of Art Program - U of M Hospital Gallery
Triton Museum of Art - Santa Clara, California
Santa Barbara Museum of Art - Santa Barbara,California
Haggin Museum of Art - Stockton, California
National Arts Club - New York, New York
National Taiwan Arts Education Center - Taipei, Taiwan
99° Art Center - Taipei, Taiwan
Recognition:
In 2011
- Artist in Residency Dinan, France (Les Amis de Grande Vigne)
- Permanent Collection of the Jean-Haffen Museum, Dinan, France: 1 of 27 paintings created during April 2011
- Salon International - Art du Pastel en France, Giverny, France: Foriegn Guest of Honor
In 2010
- 2010 International Pastel Artists Invitational Exhibition hosted by the National Taiwan Arts Education Center: 1 of 12 US artists invited to participate
- International Master Pastelists Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan: He was one of ten international artists invited to participate: Hosted by the private gallery 99° Art Center.
Awards:
- Gold Award, Masters Circle Exhibition, International Association
of Pastel Societies - 2011
- Robert & Patricia Suggs Award, Pastels USA, Pastel Society
of the West Coast - 2011
- Flora B. Giffuni - First Prize, For Pastels Only, Pastel Society
of America - 2010
- Best of Show, Pastels USA, Pastel Society
of the West Coast - 1997, 2004, 2009
- Prix de Sennelier, Salon International du Pastel,
Art du Pastel en France - 2009
- Award of Exceptional Merit, Member's Exhibit,
Degas Pastel Society - 2009
- Art du Pastel Award, Pastels Only, Pastel Society
of America - 2009
- Andrew Giffuni Memorial Award, Pastels Only, Pastel Society
of America - 2007
- First Place Award, Northern Colorado Artists Association - 2007
- Best Pastel, Carmel Art Association Plein Air Competition - 2005
- Emerging Artist Award, Art & Antiques Magazine - 2004
- Joseph V. Giffuni Award, Pastels Only, Pastel Society
of America - 2004
- Best of Show, Northern Colorado Artists Association - 2003
- Best Work on Paper, Art & Antiques Magazine - 2003
- Best of Show, Member Exhibition, Great Lakes
Pastel Society - 2002
- Grand Prize, Pastel 100 Competition sponsored by
The Pastel Journal - 2000
- First Place Figure, Pastel 100 Competition sponsored by
The Pastel Journal - 2000
- Gold Medal, International Association of
Pastel Societies - 2001, 1999
- First Place Still Life, Pastel 100 Competition sponsored by
The Pastel Journal - 1999
Photo of William Hosner by John Robert Williams |  | "Life explodes before us in uncontrollable currents, too strong to resist, too sweet too ignore. There is preciousness to the moments we are given to live, the people we meet, and places we are in. I want to help people see that with as much sympathy and dignity as is humanly possible." |
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