Buying Howard Terpning prints will not be the worst investment you can make. His original paintings are selling for ever higher prices, like the more than $1.4 million that his 'Search for the Renegades' fetched at an auction in 2006. With his Western themes, this artist is often referred to as the Native American people's storyteller. His Hollywood posters are part of popular culture too.
The Illinois-born artist grew up in the Midwestern states of Illinois, Missouri, Texas and Iowa. From 1945 to 1946 he spent time in the Marines. When he returned to civilian life, he enrolled at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, paying for his classes by using the GI Bill. Two years later he enrolled for a six-month course at Chicago's American Academy of Art to hone his skills even further.
After completing his studies, Terpning worked as an apprentice for the illustrator Haddon Sundblom. A period of working first in Milwaukee and then in New York City followed. By the early 1960s, he was working as freelance illustrator.
As illustrator the artist worked for Time, Newsweek, Reader's Digest, Ladies' Home Journal and Good Housekeeping, among others. For these publications he illustrated covers and stories. He also created art for advertisements.
Much of Terpning's work from this period is well known. He illustrated more than eighty film posters for Hollywood films. These include famous movies like 'The Sound of Music', 'Doctor Zhivago', 'The Guns of Navarone', 'Cleopatra' and 'Lawrence of Arabia'.
In 1967, during war in Vietnam, the artist decided to give up life on the East Coast for a while. He went to live with the Marines stationed in Vietnam and created six paintings with his impressions of the month he spent with them as civilian combat artist. These paintings are now in the National Museum of the Marine Corps and in 2008, the artist was honored with a place in the Marine Corps Combat Artist Hall of Fame.
Terpning decided some time in the 1970s that he didn't want to be a commercial artist anymore. He used his love for the American West to create paintings that he sold to Western art galleries. A move to Arizona followed, so that he could focus on fine art completely. He became a prominent painter of Western and Native American themes and was soon an active member of both the Cowboy Artists of America and the National Academy of Western Art. He has received many awards for his work, among them forty-two just from the Cowboy Artists of America. Several Native American tribes have also paid tribute to him for his portrayal of their history.
Finding Howard Terpning prints is not too difficult. Many galleries sell these. You can also find prints online. For his Hollywood work, you will be able to find copies at almost any business that sells classic movie posters. If you prefer to see the artist's original work, however, you can visit museums like the Smithsonian Institution, the National Portrait Gallery and the Phoenix Art Museum.
The Illinois-born artist grew up in the Midwestern states of Illinois, Missouri, Texas and Iowa. From 1945 to 1946 he spent time in the Marines. When he returned to civilian life, he enrolled at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, paying for his classes by using the GI Bill. Two years later he enrolled for a six-month course at Chicago's American Academy of Art to hone his skills even further.
After completing his studies, Terpning worked as an apprentice for the illustrator Haddon Sundblom. A period of working first in Milwaukee and then in New York City followed. By the early 1960s, he was working as freelance illustrator.
As illustrator the artist worked for Time, Newsweek, Reader's Digest, Ladies' Home Journal and Good Housekeeping, among others. For these publications he illustrated covers and stories. He also created art for advertisements.
Much of Terpning's work from this period is well known. He illustrated more than eighty film posters for Hollywood films. These include famous movies like 'The Sound of Music', 'Doctor Zhivago', 'The Guns of Navarone', 'Cleopatra' and 'Lawrence of Arabia'.
In 1967, during war in Vietnam, the artist decided to give up life on the East Coast for a while. He went to live with the Marines stationed in Vietnam and created six paintings with his impressions of the month he spent with them as civilian combat artist. These paintings are now in the National Museum of the Marine Corps and in 2008, the artist was honored with a place in the Marine Corps Combat Artist Hall of Fame.
Terpning decided some time in the 1970s that he didn't want to be a commercial artist anymore. He used his love for the American West to create paintings that he sold to Western art galleries. A move to Arizona followed, so that he could focus on fine art completely. He became a prominent painter of Western and Native American themes and was soon an active member of both the Cowboy Artists of America and the National Academy of Western Art. He has received many awards for his work, among them forty-two just from the Cowboy Artists of America. Several Native American tribes have also paid tribute to him for his portrayal of their history.
Finding Howard Terpning prints is not too difficult. Many galleries sell these. You can also find prints online. For his Hollywood work, you will be able to find copies at almost any business that sells classic movie posters. If you prefer to see the artist's original work, however, you can visit museums like the Smithsonian Institution, the National Portrait Gallery and the Phoenix Art Museum.
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