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The Missing Dispatch Case by Howard Terpning

Howard Terpning Art Gallery

Gallery updated on Monday, July 27, 2026

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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

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

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