Offerings by Howard Terpning

Art Masterpiece

Fourth Grade

November

Howard Terpning

Born 1929 in Oak Park, Illinois As a boy, he wanted to be a pilot or an artist Joined the Marine in 1945 at the age of 17. Went to American Academy of Fine Arts He moved to Wisconsin and painted farmers

In 1967, he painted scenes from the Vietnam War

On his own, he painted seven days a week, thirteen hours a day

Worked as a commercial artist for 25 years, 17 in New York City

In 1976, he moved to Tucson to become a Western painter

Most of his Western pictures show Native Americans

Offerings to the Little People

By Howard Terpning

“Shepherd Of The Plains”

“The Last Buffalo”

“Medicine Man”