Guy Coheleach

Born on February 20, 1933 in New York, New York

Coheleach is a wildlife artist specializing in big game and birds in Africa and North America.

Guy Coheleach's paintings have been in 40 one-man retrospective exhibitions in major museums in 29 cities from New York to Los Angeles from 1991 to 2011. Along with over a hundred one-man commercial shows worldwide, his work has also been exhibited in the National Collection of Fine Art, the Royal Ontario Museum, the White House, Washington DC's Corcoran Gallery, the Norton Gallery and the Newark Museum. His paintings have received the Society of Animal Artists Award of Excellence an extraordinary eight times. This most prestigious honor is awarded by curators and professors of fine art from museums and universities across America. Visiting Heads of State have received his American Eagle print, and he was the first Western artist to exhibit in Peking after World War II. Coheleach became a charter member of The World Wildlife Fund's "The 1001: A Nature Trust" in 1972. His endowment at the University of Tennessee provides about six full scholarships to the School of Wildlife Management each year.

His first trip to Africa was accomplished as a result of winning his division in ...

Guy Coheleach graduated from Cooper Union and received an Honorary Doctorate from William and Mary.