About the work

From the collection of Brigadier General Walter B. Ratliff (1929-2022), Boerne, Texas. Acquired in 2018 from Altermann Galleries. Painting and frame are in excellent condition.

About the artist…

David Halbach (born 1931) was inducted into the Cowboy Artists of America (CAA) in 1985, the same year his painting “Chippawa Hunter” won the Buffalo Bill Historical Museum’s Purchase Award. A year later he won first place in the “Arts for the Parks” competition for Region 11. The period since stands as one of the more remarkable careers in the talent-laden world of contemporary Western art.

David’s journey as artist was jumpstarted at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles with instruction from acclaimed watercolor masters Millard Sheets and Rex Brandt. David moved on to work as an animator at Walt Disney Studios where he contributed to the making of “Lady and the Tramp.” He refined his skills in the competitive field of commercial art and advertising before applying his talents and experience as a teacher for aspiring and budding artists.

Awards and juried recognition are a hallmark of David’s career, including the prestigious Silver Medal for his watercolor “Story Teller” at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum invitational. His works have earned numerous CAA Gold and Silver medals. His painting “Forewarned” was purchased by the Museum of Western Art in Kerrville, Texas. In 2006 David was selected as one of the top 100 artists in the Arts for the Parks Show at Jackson, Wyoming. In 2010 he won the Gold Medal for Water Solubles for his painting “Awaitin’ The Cow Boss.”

David’s work has been featured in a project by National Geographic and the U.S. Embassy’s Arts in the Embassies Program. His painting “Heading Out” is depicted in “The West, A Treasure of Art and Literature,” by Watkins & Watkins, and more than a dozen of his watercolors reside in the prestigious Eddie Basha Collection, housed in the Zelma Basha Salmeri Gallery in Chandler, Arizona.

Biography sourced from AskArt and Cowboy Artists of America.

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