If you love old movie posters or Western art, you may want to buy some Howard Terpning prints. The former illustrator is now one of the most important painters of Western and Native American themes, earning him the moniker 'Storyteller of the Native American people'. His original paintings are reaching ever higher prices. For example, 'Search for the Renegades' reached a selling price of over $1.4 million at a 2006 auction.
Born in Illinois in 1927, the artist was raised in the Midwest. He spent his childhood in states like Illinois, Iowa, Texas and Missouri. After high school he joined the Marines and spent time with this division of the armed forces in 1945 and 1946. He then utilized the GI Bill to pay for his art tuition, studying for two years at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and then for six months at the Chicago-based American Academy of Art.
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.
Some of the artist's illustration work was for publications like Newsweek, Time, Reader's Digest, Good Housekeeping and Ladies' Home Journal. He not only illustrated stories, but also did cover art. As commercial artist he even created advertising art.
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'.
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.
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.
You can see examples of the artist's work in some museums, including the Phoenix Art Museum. The Smithsonian and the National Portrait Gallery also exhibit his paintings. If you just have to have one of these images in your own home, you can buy Howard Terpning prints online. You can also find prints at various art galleries and reproductions of his movie posters are available from outlets that sell classic Hollywood posters.
Born in Illinois in 1927, the artist was raised in the Midwest. He spent his childhood in states like Illinois, Iowa, Texas and Missouri. After high school he joined the Marines and spent time with this division of the armed forces in 1945 and 1946. He then utilized the GI Bill to pay for his art tuition, studying for two years at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and then for six months at the Chicago-based American Academy of Art.
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.
Some of the artist's illustration work was for publications like Newsweek, Time, Reader's Digest, Good Housekeeping and Ladies' Home Journal. He not only illustrated stories, but also did cover art. As commercial artist he even created advertising art.
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'.
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.
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.
You can see examples of the artist's work in some museums, including the Phoenix Art Museum. The Smithsonian and the National Portrait Gallery also exhibit his paintings. If you just have to have one of these images in your own home, you can buy Howard Terpning prints online. You can also find prints at various art galleries and reproductions of his movie posters are available from outlets that sell classic Hollywood posters.
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