Tucson: Settler's West

Tucson’s Settlers West Contemporary Fine Art and Graphics is Privileged to Showcase the Artwork of Legendary Artist and Tucson Resident Howard Terpning

Rare opportunity for any art collector to meet the renowned and honored Western artist

“The history of the West is the only history America has that is uniquely our own” – Howard Terpning
Tucson, AZ– Fans of legendary Western artist Howard Terpning® will have a rare opportunity to meet the Greenwich Workshop artist when Settlers West Contemporary Fine Art and Graphics proudly presents the work and personal appearance of Tucson’s most illustrious, honored and humble Western artist on Saturday, November 17 from 1:30 - 4:30 at 6360 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson.

Settlers West Contemporary Fine Art and Graphics will have a large selection of Howard Terpning’s giclée prints, with many of these prints framed exactly as Howard framed the original artwork. Additionally, Terpning’s newest painting will be on display during the Great American West exhibition across the street at Settlers West’s main gallery – the only gallery Howard has shown with since 1977.

Gallery owner Melody Johnson says, “Howard Terpning's unparalleled talent and superb storytelling captures the imagination of collectors searching for a historical journey to a time long past, the story of the native peoples of the American West.”

Terpning is considered by many to be a national treasure. His original paintings are highly prized and rarely attained, which is why collectors eagerly anticipate the arrival of each new Greenwich Workshop Fine Limited Edition Print.

The continued strong pricing for Terpning’s originals (The Victors, an oil on canvas originally selling for $7,500 in 1979, ultimately sold for $582,400 at this year’s Coeur d'Alene Art Auction) supports the value of his work in limited editions while, at the same time, the availability of the giclée prints and canvasses dramatically extends Terpning’s reach in today’s art marketplace.

Terpning is the most renowned and honored Western artist painting today. His awards are so numerous and he is honored with them so often that any complete listing would require an updating every few months. It would include the highest prizes awarded in Western art: the National Academy of Western Art’s (N.A.W.A.) Prix de West; the Hubbard Art Award for Excellence; Eiteljorg Award for Excellence in American Western Art; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Autry National Center and enough Gold and Silver awards from the Cowboy Artists of America to require another page.

Howard Terpning’s original oil painting, The Force of Nature Humbles All Men, is included in the permanent collection at the Museum of the American West, and Terpning won the Oklahoma Centennial Award this summer at the Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition for Lady of the House.

About The Greenwich Workshop
The Greenwich Workshop Inc. is a leading publisher of limited edition fine art prints and canvases, three dimensional art and visual books. Headquartered in Seymour, CT, The Greenwich Workshop, through its authorized network of more than 1,200 art and framing retailers in North America, represents more than 50 leading artists such as Howard Terpning, Morgan Weistling, and Bev Doolittle®. Established in 1972 by the late David Usher, the company’s mission is to enhance the quality of people’s lives through high quality, affordable art.

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