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Born 1953. Known for: Western genre, Indian figure.
A resident of Silver City, New Mexico, Susan Terpning is a painter of Plains Indian figures and their horses. Her parents encouraged her creativity from her childhood in Connecticut. Her father, is... Read full biography
A resident of Silver City, New Mexico, Susan Terpning is a painter of Plains Indian figures and their horses. Her parents encouraged her creativity from her childhood in Connecticut. Her father, is highly successful western painter Howard Terpning, whose commitment to art was a major factor in her... Read full biography
A resident of Silver City, New Mexico, Susan Terpning is a painter of Plains Indian figures and their horses. Her parents encouraged her creativity from her childhood in Connecticut. Her father, is highly successful western painter Howard Terpning, whose commitment to art was a major factor in her becoming a professional artist. He later became her teacher. As a child, she continually drew Indian subjects, but in college at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, she majored in anthropology and... Read full biography
A resident of Silver City, New Mexico, Susan Terpning is a painter of Plains Indian figures and their horses. Her parents encouraged her creativity from her childhood in Connecticut. Her father, is highly successful western painter Howard Terpning, whose commitment to art was a major factor in her becoming a professional artist. He later became her teacher. As a child, she continually drew Indian subjects, but in college at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, she majored in anthropology and then married and moved to Maryland from where she continued her anthropology interests by serving as a guide at the Smithsonian Institution. But she needed income, so her father suggested she turn to painting upbeat or cheerful Indian subjects in a... Read full biography
A resident of Silver City, New Mexico, Susan Terpning is a painter of Plains Indian figures and their horses. Her parents encouraged her creativity from her childhood in Connecticut. Her father, is highly successful western painter Howard Terpning, whose commitment to art was a major factor in her becoming a professional artist. He later became her teacher. As a child, she continually drew Indian subjects, but in college at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, she majored in anthropology and then married and moved to Maryland from where she continued her anthropology interests by serving as a guide at the Smithsonian Institution. But she needed income, so her father suggested she turn to painting upbeat or cheerful Indian subjects in a highly realistic style. She does her research in museums, from books and photographs, as well as... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Prix de West Invitational