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 artist was born in Illinois in 1927 and spent his childhood in the Midwest, in Illinois as well as in Iowa, in Missouri and in Texas. After a stint in the Marines from 1945 to 1946, he used the GI Bill to go to art school. He attended first the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts for two years and then studied for an additional six months at the American Academy of Art, also in Chicago.
Terpning's first job after art school was as apprentice for one of the foremost illustrators at the time, Haddon Sundblom. Once he started working on his own commissions, he got a job at a Milwaukee studio and then moved on to a studio in New York. However, by 1962 he had quit his job to become a freelance illustrator.
In his career as freelance illustrator, the artist took on commissions for various prestigious publications, including Newsweek and Time magazines. He also worked for Reader's Digest, Good Housekeeping as well as Ladies' Home Journal, among various other publications. His work included illustrating stories and cover art, but also the artwork for advertisements.
During his period as freelance illustrator, Terpning also created art for Hollywood. Some of the film posters he illustrated include the posters for 'Doctor Zhivago', 'The Guns of Navarone', 'Lawrence of Arabia', 'Cleopatra' and 'The Sound of Music'. There are more than eighty Hollywood film posters that are his work.
The National Museum of the Marine Corps exhibits six of the artist's paintings. He created these during his time as civilian combat artist in Vietnam in 1967. For one month he lived with the Marines and documented their way of life during the Vietnam War. In 2008 he was inducted in the Marine Corps Combat Artist Hall of Fame.
A couple of years after the Vietnam experience, Terpning made the decision that he would spend his time creating fine art from now on. His love of and interest in the American West provided him with the themes for his work. After moving to Arizona, he became an active member of the National Academy of Western Art as well as of the Cowboy Artists of America. During the twenty-two years that he was active in the latter organization, he received forty-two awards from them. He has also been awarded numerous other honors, including some from Native American tribes in recognition of his sensitive portrayal of Native American 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 artist was born in Illinois in 1927 and spent his childhood in the Midwest, in Illinois as well as in Iowa, in Missouri and in Texas. After a stint in the Marines from 1945 to 1946, he used the GI Bill to go to art school. He attended first the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts for two years and then studied for an additional six months at the American Academy of Art, also in Chicago.
Terpning's first job after art school was as apprentice for one of the foremost illustrators at the time, Haddon Sundblom. Once he started working on his own commissions, he got a job at a Milwaukee studio and then moved on to a studio in New York. However, by 1962 he had quit his job to become a freelance illustrator.
In his career as freelance illustrator, the artist took on commissions for various prestigious publications, including Newsweek and Time magazines. He also worked for Reader's Digest, Good Housekeeping as well as Ladies' Home Journal, among various other publications. His work included illustrating stories and cover art, but also the artwork for advertisements.
During his period as freelance illustrator, Terpning also created art for Hollywood. Some of the film posters he illustrated include the posters for 'Doctor Zhivago', 'The Guns of Navarone', 'Lawrence of Arabia', 'Cleopatra' and 'The Sound of Music'. There are more than eighty Hollywood film posters that are his work.
The National Museum of the Marine Corps exhibits six of the artist's paintings. He created these during his time as civilian combat artist in Vietnam in 1967. For one month he lived with the Marines and documented their way of life during the Vietnam War. In 2008 he was inducted in the Marine Corps Combat Artist Hall of Fame.
A couple of years after the Vietnam experience, Terpning made the decision that he would spend his time creating fine art from now on. His love of and interest in the American West provided him with the themes for his work. After moving to Arizona, he became an active member of the National Academy of Western Art as well as of the Cowboy Artists of America. During the twenty-two years that he was active in the latter organization, he received forty-two awards from them. He has also been awarded numerous other honors, including some from Native American tribes in recognition of his sensitive portrayal of Native American 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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