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Major North and the Pawnee Battalion by Howard Terpning

Howard Terpning Art Gallery

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Quite simply, Howard Terpning is one of the most lauded painters of Western art. His awards are so numerous and he is honored with them so often, that to list them would require changing the count every few months. To name three would be to cite the highest prizes awarded to Western art: countless awards from the Cowboy Artists of America, the Hubbard Art Award for Excellence, the National Academy of Western Art s Prix de West and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Gene Autry Museum.

Why such praise? Passion, compassion, devotion and respect for his subject matter, extraordinary talent in palette and brushstroke, an exceptional ability to evoke emotion both in his paintings and from those viewing them — all this and more has made Terpning the "Storyteller of the Native American."

Born in Illinois and educated at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the American Academy of Art, he first gained attention from some powerful Time and Newsweek covers. Film fans praised his movie posters for such classics as The Sound of Music, Dr. Zhivago and the re-issue of Gone with the Wind.

But his love of the West and Native American traditions saw his transition to fine art. Terpning was a long-time member of the Cowboy Artists of America, which has presented him with Gold and Silver awards, "Best of Show" awards, and "Best Overall Show by a Single Artist" awards more than two dozen times.

His first book, The Art of Howard Terpning won the Wrangler "Outstanding Art Book" award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Spirit of the Plains People, his second book, was released in 2001 in conjunction with a one-man show at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. A third, Tribute to the Plains People, was released in 2012 to celebrate his retrospective at The Autry National Center in Los Angeles.

Howard Terpning Current Portfolio

Major North and the Pawnee Battalion Pursuit Across the Yellowstone Hawk Feathers The Second Geronimo Campaign Mystery of the Crow Medicine Horse Masks The Missing Dispatch Case HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL Cold Makers Bridge Guarding the Lodge Sunset for the Comanche MASTERWORK Beauty in the Field Red Blanket Coat THE TRACKERS THE FAMILY HOME THE SECOND GERONIMO CAMPAIGN THE BONNET CASE TRAIL IN THE BITTER ROOTS White Man Fire Sticks Masterwork Canvas Edition) Three Trophies GRANDFATHER PRAYS TO SUN Transferring the Medicine Shield (Anniversary Museum Canvas) NEW DOLL FOR MY GRANDMOTHER Whiskey Smugglers Medicine Shields of the Blackfoot PATIENT PROVIDER WHITE WATER PASSAGE ABANDONED Cold Makers Bridge Working for the Government Transferring the Medicine Shield (Anniversary Masterwork Canvas) The Rivers Gift The Missing Dispatch Case Yapping Dogs CHEYENNE MOTHER WHERE SPIRITS DWELL Medicine Horse Mask THE LONG TRAIL AHEAD TRAIL ALONG THE BACKBONE Legend of Geronimo Blackfeet Scouts in the Flathead Valley Chased by the Devil Three Generations Cheyenne Red Shield A Friendly Game at Rendezvous 1832 Color of Sun Army Regulations The Trackers Flags on the Frontier HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR DO NOT DISTURB LIGHT CAVALRY Blackfeet Scouts in the Flathead Valley Among the Spirits of the Long-Ago People CROW COUNTRY Horsebacks on the Far Ridge Winter Coat Horse of a Different Color River Crow THE HORSE DOCTOR AND HIS BAG AT RENDEZVOUS CROW PIPE HOLDER Artist Proof Medicine Shields of the Blackfoot Transferring the Medicine Shield (Anniversary Masterwork Canvas) Crossing Below the Falls Paper That Talks Two Ways, The Treaty Signing Masterwork Canvas Edition) Digging in at Sappa Creek Medicine Man of the Cheyenne Masterwork Anniversary Canvas) Three Trophies Blessing from the Medicine Man The Honor of Being Pipe Carrier Lady of the House Flags on the Frontier - Large NEW DOLL FOR MY GRANDMOTHER The Healing Power of the Raven Bundle VANISHING PONY TRACKS Prairie Shade Found on the Field of Battle Broken Trail Bear Tracks Whiskey Smugglers River Crow The Storyteller Artist Proof Beauty in the Field Sunset for the Comanche SEEKING WISDOM THROUGH THE PIPE Seeking Guidance from the Great Spirit Flags on the Frontier Shepherd of the Plains To Capture Enemy Horses Transferring the Medicine Shield (Anniversary Museum Canvas) SUNSET FOR THE COMMANCHE Red Blanket Coat Traders Among the Crow CHEYENNE MOTHER Horse of a Different Color Guarding the Lodge FAR SEEING GLASS Dust of Many Pony Soldiers DEEDS OF HIS FATHER Nez Perce Scouts at Painted Robe Creek €“ 1877 THE HORSE DOCTOR AND HIS BAG AT RENDEZVOUS Thunder of the Wild Mustangs COUP STICKS AND WAR PAINT Traders Among the Crow – Tribute to the Plains People (Hardcover Collector’s Book) SIGNALS IN THE WIND GRANDFATHER PRAYS TO SUN LONELY SENTINEL Search for the Pass Paper That Talks Two Ways, The Treaty Signing Masterwork Canvas Edition) WAR CHIEF SPIRIT OF THE PLAINS Horsebacks on the Far Ridge CALLING THE BUFFALO Working for the Government PROTECTORS OF THE CHEYENNE PEOPLE Calling the Buffalo Limited Edition Light Cavalry SMALLWORK EDITION ON Three Generations BLESSING FROM THE MEDICINE MAN GRANDFATHER SPEAKS Dust of Many Pony Soldiers and Matching 5X7 Print Foot Soldiers COUNCIL MEDIATOR ARMY REGULATIONS Cache Artist Proof MEDICINE HORSE MASK Offerings to Sun Seeking Guidance from the Great Spirit Hasty Retreat Mystery of the Crow Medicine Horse Masks Found on the Field of Battle Flags on the Frontier - Large COFFEE COOLERS MEET THE HOSTILES NECTAR OF THE GODS CROWS IN THE YELLOWSTONE PROUD MEN WAR STORIES THE WEATHER DANCER DREAM CHIEF JOSEPH RIDES TO SURRENDER

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