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.
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.
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.
As the Vietnam War was raging in 1967, the artist decided to give up commercial art for a while and spent some time in Vietnam as civilian combat artist. The Marines invited him to stay with them in their Vietnamese base for a month and this experience inspired six paintings. These paintings now grace the walls of the National Museum of the Marine Corps and in 2008, the Marine Corps Combat Artist Hall of Fame added Terpning to their list of inductees.
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 the artist's work in museums, including the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian Institution and the Phoenix Art Museum. However, if you want a particular painting the original is not available, you will find many Howard Terpning prints for sale at galleries, especially those that specialize in Western art. Prints of his movie posters are available too, from any outlet that sells classic Hollywood posters. Of course, if you cannot find a gallery or shop that sells what you want, you will also be able to order prints online.
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.
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.
As the Vietnam War was raging in 1967, the artist decided to give up commercial art for a while and spent some time in Vietnam as civilian combat artist. The Marines invited him to stay with them in their Vietnamese base for a month and this experience inspired six paintings. These paintings now grace the walls of the National Museum of the Marine Corps and in 2008, the Marine Corps Combat Artist Hall of Fame added Terpning to their list of inductees.
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 the artist's work in museums, including the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian Institution and the Phoenix Art Museum. However, if you want a particular painting the original is not available, you will find many Howard Terpning prints for sale at galleries, especially those that specialize in Western art. Prints of his movie posters are available too, from any outlet that sells classic Hollywood posters. Of course, if you cannot find a gallery or shop that sells what you want, you will also be able to order prints online.
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