Michael David is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on September 22, 1954 in Reno, Nevada, United States. American painter, who is well-known for using the encaustic technique which combines pigment with heated wax. His collections were shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Guggenheim Museum.
In the 1970s, he played bass with He played bass with Jerry Nolan of The New York Dolls in the 1970s. from The New York Dolls.
In 1976 David, erotic photographer Roy Stuart and Fredonia friend Richie Stotts formed a band called The Numbers, with David on bass. The group was a fixture in New York’s early punk rock music scene, playing in clubs alongside punk pioneers Television, Blondie and the Ramones. David also played bass with punk innovators Jerry Nolan of The New York Dolls, Cheetah Chrome of The Dead Boys, Marky Ramone, Peter Gordon, David Van Tieghem and the free-improvisation noise music group Borbetomagus.
In 1977, The Numbers were approached by impresario Rod Swenson, who was seeking musicians to form a backing band for singer Wendy O. Williams, whose radical persona he sought to exploit as punk music and performance art. The Numbers became The Plasmatics but the attention David began to gain as an important voice in the art world caused him to leave the band to pursue his burgeoning painting career.
He was raised in Brooklyn, New York with his family.
