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Guy Coheleach
SAA, AFC
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Guy Coheleach's paintings have received the Society of Animal Artists Award of Excellence an unprecedented eight times. This most prestigious honor is awarded by curators and professors of fine art from museums and universities across America. Coheleach has had one man exhibitions at major museums in 23 cities from New York to Los Angeles since 1991. The Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh hosted his retrospective exhibition in 1995 and the Newark Museum hosted it in 1996. Along with over a hundred one-man commericial shows in various cities, his work has also be exhibitied in the National Collection of Fine Art, The White House, The Corcoran Gallery, and the Royal Ontario Museum. Visiting Heads of State have received his American Eagle print, and he was the first Western artist to exhibit it Peking after World War II. In 2012 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of Animal Artists.
Coheleach graduated from Cooper Union and received an Honorary Doctorate from William and Mary. The subject of two films "Guy Coheleach and the Bald Eagle" and "Quest: An Artist and His Prey," he has also been the focus of articles in READER'S DIGEST, SATURDAY EVENING POST, as well as numerous regional art and wildlife magazines. "THE BIG CATS:THE PAINTING OF GUY COHELEACH" by Abrams was a Book of the Month Club selection in 1982." Both it and his "COHELEACH: MASTER OF THE WILD" are out of print. "GUY COHELEACH'S ANIMAL ART" by DDR Publishing is still available. Coheleach also wrote and published a book, "THE AFRICAN LION AS MANEATER" in 2004 which has garnered rave reviews.
He received his first trip to Africa by winning a trip to London in the 1966 Winchester National Trap and Skeet Championships. Not content with skydiving and hunting Cape Buffalo, he takes his need for field experience to extreme. In 1972, he was run down by an elephant in Zambia. This hair-raising film has been on all three major networks. "This is exactly the kind of knowledge that has made him one of the best wild animal painters in the world admired by both scientest and art critics," says Pat Roberson in SPORTING CLASSICS. His endowment at the University of Tennessee provides numerous scholarships to the School of Wildlife Management each year.
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Support for Conservation:
Guy Coheleach has donated his art for over 43 years to help many conservation causes. His Snowy Egret and Purple Gallinule print helped raise 13,000 new members for the Florida Audubon Society in the late 1960s. His “Endangered Species” and his ‘Soaring American Eagle” original lithograph helped raise huge sums of money and memberships for the National Audubon Society in the early 1970s. In that time he has raised through auctions, hundreds of thousands of dollars for Game Conservation International, International Wildlife Conservation Society of Zambia and Safari Club International for over 35 years. In Tennesee his prints raised money for their zoo to buy a pair of Indian Lions and his endowment at the University of Tennessee provides numerous scholarships to the School of Wildlife Management each year. In his many print and book signings a portion of the proceeds go to local conservation organizations.
Special Achievements:
FEB 25 – APRIL 25, 2011 COURTHOUSE CULTURAL CENTER STUART, FL
MAR 15 – DEC 31, 2010 BLAUVELT MUSEUM ORADELL, NJ
OCT 7 – AUGUST 15, 2009 GLOBAL ENERGY CINCINNATTII, OH
JUNE 7 – SEPT 30, 2008 ANNISTON MUSEUM ANNISTON, ALS
MARCH 15 - MAY 15, 2008 ROGER TORY INSTITUTE, JAMESTOWN, NY
JUNE 15 - NOV 15, 2007 SCHIELE MUSEUM OF N.H. GASTONIA NC
JULY 1, 2006 - FEBRUARY 25, 2007 OSHKOSH PUBLIC MUSEUM OSHKOSH, WI
JULY - DECEMBER 18, 2005 BLAUVELT MUSEUM ORADELL, NJ
FEBRUARY 11, 2005 - MAY 1, 2005 WARD MUSEUM OF WILDFOWL ART SALSBURY, MD
NOV 6, 2004 - JAN 2, 2005 VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART VERO BEACH, FL
SEPT 7, 2003 - NOV 23, 2003 R.W.NORTON GALLERY SHREVEPORT, LA
MAR-JUNE 2003 WILDLIFE EXPERIENCE MUSEUM DENVER, CO
JUNE 2002 - JANUARY 2003 ROGER TORY PETERSON INSTITUTE JAMESTOWN, NY
JAN 25, 2002 - MAR 9, 2002 COURT HOUSE CULTURAL CENTER STUART, FL
June 13, 2000 - current WEST VALLEY ART MUSEUM SURPRISE, AZ
JAN 18, 2000 - March 31, 2000 BURPEE MUSEUM ROCKFORD, IL
AUG 13, 1999 - NOV 10, 1999 BURPEE MUSEUM ROCKFORD, IL
MAY 4, 1999 - JUN 30, 1999 MICHELSON MUSEUM MARSHALL, TX
JAN 8, 1999 - APR 15, 1999 NEVILLE PUBLIC MUSEUM GREEN BAY, WI
JUL 6, 1998 - DEC 15, 1998 BLAUVELT MUSEUM ORADELL, NJ
JUN 26, 1998 - JUN 29, 1998 PETERSON PUBL./DUCKS UNLIMITED EXHIBIT MEMPHIS, TN
MAR 4, 1998 - MAY 31, 1998 FORT WORTH ZOO, TENNISON GALLERY FORT WORTH, TX
NOV 1, 1997 - FEB 15, 1998 HALEY LIBRARY MUSEUM MIDLAND, TX
JUL 1, 1997 - OCT 1, 1997 ROGER TORY PETERSEN INSTITUTE JAMESTOWN, NY
MAR 8, 1997 - APR 30, 1997 JOHN J AUDUBON MUSEUM HENDERSON, KY
AUG 31, 1996 - NOV 10, 1996 NEWARK MUSEUM NEWARK, NJ
MAR 27, 1996 - APR 29, 1996 FINE ARTS CENTER OF KERSHAW COUNTY CAMDEN, SC
JUL 23, 1995 - JAN 7, 1996 CARNEGIE MUSEUM PITTSBURG, PA
APR 8, 1995 - JUN 30, 1995 BLAUVELT MUSEUM ORADELL, NJ
SEP 9, 1994 - JAN 8, 1995 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY CLEVELAND, OH
MAR 26, 1994 - AUG 28, 1994 HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY HOUSTON, TX
JAN 14, 1994 - MAR 13, 1994 DAYTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY DAYTON, OH
JUL12-14, 1993 - OCT 2, 1993 INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE MUSEUM TUCSON, AZ
APR 1, 1993 - JUN 30, 1993 NEW YORK WILDLIFE CONSERVATION CENTER NEW YORK, NY
JAN 22, 1993 - MAR 21, 1993 COURT HOUSE CULTURAL CENTER STUART, FL
AUG 31, 1992 - DEC 31, 1992 WARD MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART SALISBURY, MD
JUN 31, 1992 - AUG 10, 1992 CINCINNATI MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY CINCINNATI, OH
APR 4, 1992 - MAY 31, 1992 GLASSMERE WILDLIFE PARK NASHVILLE, TN
JAN 12, 1992 - MAR 8,1992 R.W. NORTON ART GALLERY SHREVEPORT, LA
MAR 9, 1991 - DEC 1, 1991 NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES, CA
Publications:
- The African Lion as Man-Eater (2003)
It is a book on the life history of lions as well as the enormous amount of information on these great cats as maneaters in recent times. Coheleach assembled recent as well as older incidents for this book and wrote the text. - The Foreword is by Jack Nicklaus and it is lavishly illustrated by Coheleach's paintings and sketches.
Author: Guy Coheleach
Published by: Panther Press
- Guy Coheleach's Animal Art (1994)
More about Guy Coheleach's Animal Art
This is a book about Coheleach and his art. - It has lavish reproductions of 100 of his paintings in full color and 54 of his unique pencil sketches.
Author: Terry Wieland
Published by: DDR Publishing
- COHELEACH Masters of the Wild (1984)
More about COHELEACH Masters of the Wild
This is an earlier book on Coheleach and his art. -
Author: Terry Wieland
Published by: Briarpatch Press
- The Big Cats: The Paintings of Guy Coheleach (1981)
More about The Big Cats: The Paintings of Guy Coheleach
This is a book on Coheleach and his painting of the big cats. It was a Book Of The Month Club selection in 1982. The Foreword is by Roger caras. - The book has complete life historys on the eight big cats. They include the lion, tiger, leopard, snow leopard, clouded leopard, jaguar, puma and cheetah.
Author: Nancy Neff
Published by: Abrams
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