Your shopping cart is currently empty.
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 is 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 book, The Art of Howard Terpning won the Wrangler "Outstanding Art Book" award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.Recommended Artists
| Tim Cox | Martin Grelle | Howard Terpning | ||
| Bev Doolittle | G. Harvey | |||
| Bruce Greene | Mark Hopkins |
| Awards | ||
| Cowboy Artists of America | ||
| 1980 | Oil Painting - Silver | "Crossing Medicine Lodge Creek" |
| 1980 | Drawing - Silver | "The Spectators" |
| 1980 | Men's Art Council Award | "Crossing Medicine Lodge Creek" |
| 1980 | Colt Award - Artists' Choice | |
| 1981 | Oil Painting - Gold | "Dust of Many Pony Soldiers" |
| 1981 | Drawing - Gold | "The Warrior" |
| 1981 | Western Art Association Best of Show Award | "Dust of Many Pony Soldiers" |
| 1981 | Colt Award - Artists' Choice | |
| 1982 | Oil Painting - Silver | "The Scouts of General Crook" |
| 1982 | Colt Award - Artists' Choice | |
| 1983 | Oil Painting - Gold | "Medicine Man of the Cheyenne" |
| 1983 | Drawing and other Media - Silver | "Buffalo Runners" |
| 1983 | Colt Award - Artists' Choice | |
| 1985 | Oil Painting - Gold | "Apache Fire Makers" |
| 1985 | Other Media - Gold | "The Storyteller" |
| 1986 | Oil Painting - Gold | "Cavalry Scouts" |
| 1986 | Other Media - Gold | "Wolves" |
| 1986 | Colt Award - Artists' Choice | |
| 1987 | Oil Painting - Gold | "Hope Springs Eternal - The Ghost Dance" |
| 1987 | Western Art Association Best of Show Award | "Hope Springs Eternal - The Ghost Dance" |
| 1988 | Mixed Media - Gold | "On the Brink" |
| 1989 | Oil Painting - Silver | "Major North and the Pawnee Battalion" |
| 1990 | Stetson Award (Formerly Colt Award) - Artists' Choice | |
| 1991 | Oil Painting - Gold | "Prospectors Among the Blackfeet" |
| 1992 | Oil Painting - Gold | "Army Regulations" |
| 1992 | Drawing and Other Media - Gold | "Profile of Wisdom" |
| 1992 | CAA Award - Artists' Choice | |
| 1993 | CAA Award - Artists' Choice | |
| 1995 | Oil Painting - Gold | "Crossing Below the Falls" |
| 1995 | CAA Award - Artists' Choice | |
| 1995 | Best of Show Award | |
| 1997 | Oil Painting - Silver | "The Bonnet Case" |
| 1997 | CA Award - Artists Choice | |
| 1998 | Oil Painting - Gold | "Offerings to the Little People" |
| 1998 | Gouache - Gold | "Whiskey Smugglers" |
| 1998 | Drawing and Other Media - Gold | "Guarding the Lodge" |
| 1998 | CA Award - Artists Choice | |
| 1998 | Best of Show - Kieckhefer Award | "Offerings to the Little People" |
| 2000 | Oil Painting - Gold | "The Sound of Buffalo" |
| 2000 | Water Solubles - Gold | "River Crow" |
| 2001 | Water Solubles - Gold | "Thunder Speaks" |
| 2002 | Drawing and Other Media - Silver | "Council Mediator" |
|
National Academy Of Western Art (N.A.W.A.) | ||
| 1980 | Oil Painting Gold | "Stones That Speak" |
| 1981 | Prix De West | "Moving Day on the Flathead" |
| 1981 | Oil Painting Silver | "Moving Day on the Flathead" |
| 1992 | Remington Award | "Against the Cold Maker" |
| 1996 | Prix De West Award | "The Trophy" |
| 1998 | Remington Award | "The Rivers Gift" |
| Prix De West Show | ||
| 2007 | 2007 Oklahoma Centennial Award | "Lady of the House" oil |
| The Hubbard Art Award Of Excellence | ||
| 1990 | Oil Painting Best of Show | "Transferring The Medicine Shield" |
| Autry Museum | ||
| 2000 | John Geraghty Award - Contribution to Western Art | |
| 2001 | Thomas Moran Memorial Award | "Ready for the Dance" oil |
| 2004 | Masters of the American West Award | "Force of Nature Humbles All Men" oil |
| 2004 | Trustees Purchase Award | |
| 2005 | Thomas Moran Memorial Award | "Camp at the Cougar's Den" oil |
| 2005 | Patrons Choice Award | |
| 2006 | Thomas Moran Memorial Award | "Sunset for the Comanche" oil |
| 2007 | Thomas Moran Memorial Award | "The Shaman and his Magic Feathers" oil |
| Eiteljorg Museum of American Western Art | ||
| 2001 | Eiteljorg Award for excellence in American Western art | |
| State of Arizona | ||
| 2003 | Nominated for the Governor's Arts Award in the Artist category. | |
| Brisco Museum | ||
| 2007 | 1st Governor Brisco Legacy Award | |
Howard Terpning
The hard trails wore out more than ponies