Michael Hussar

Michael Hussar is an American painter from Southern California. He was trained at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.

Early life Hussar was born 1964 in Southern California. He first took interest in art because of his father whom he would watch paint and occasionally work alongside him. He began painting when he was 6 years old, although he had been drawing before that. He later studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California where he taught painting afterwards.

Career Hussar is known best for his oil paintings. Taking influences from the work of the old masters, he uses a combination of rococo, baroque and other classical styles combined with contemporary subject matter.

Instead of canvas, Hussar prefers to work on gessoed wood panels to create paintings, as opposed to a surface mixing technique. He prefers to work from dark value, to light, focusing on atmosphere before moving to detail.

His clients include Kat Von D, Madonna, Warren Beaty, Francis Ford Coppola and Leonardo DiCaprio. Hussar's work is mainly exhibited in the US.

Personal life Hussar lives in Rome, Italy.

Publications

Featured in Hi Fructose Magazine Volume 12 Featured in Juxtapoz magazine, Sept/Oct 2005 #58

Solo exhibitions

Red Red Robin, Nov 11 - Dec 10, 2006, Mendenhall Sobieski Gallery in Pasadena, CA Barocca, Dec 5-28, 2003, La Luz de Jesus Pretty Pink Spade, Nov 1 - Dec 1, 2002, La Luz de Jesus