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154:, a successful and highly regarded illustrator of that time. Based on the recommendation and the strength of Terpning's drawings, Sundblom hired Terpning to work at his Chicago studio as an apprentice for $ 35 per week. Initially, Terpning ran errands, cut mats, built crates, and cleaned brushes. After about a year and a half he began to work on his own commissions. In 1955, he moved to a
120:. His mother was an interior decorator, and his father worked for the railroad. He grew up in the Midwest living in Iowa, Missouri, and Texas as well as Illinois. As a boy he liked to draw and knew by the age of seven that he wanted to be an artist. At age 15, he became fascinated with the West and Native Americans when he spent the summer camping and fishing with a cousin near
278:. He began to transition into fine art by creating paintings and selling them in Western galleries. The first paintings sold for $ 2,000 to $ 2,500. After three years he left Connecticut and the commercial art world and moved to Arizona to devote himself entirely to painting the American West. Within two years he was elected to both the National Academy of Western Art and the
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Dedera, Don (September 1989). "Howard Terpning - Storyteller".
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Terpning's work can be found in museums include the
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