Natalka Husar

Natalka Husar (born 1951) is an American-born Canadian painter.

Born in New Jersey to parents who had emigrated from Ukraine, Husar earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rutgers University in 1973, moving to Toronto shortly thereafter. She began exhibiting after her move to Canada, and has since received numerous awards for her work. She is known for her large representational oil paintings which draw on aspects of Ukrainian culture and history.[1] The Canadian Museum of Civilization, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Art Gallery of Ontario are among institutions holding examples of Husar's work.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
  2. ↑ "Natalka Husar". Retrieved 3 February 2017.


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