Henry Ziegler

American artist Henry Ziegler was known as an illustrator of western art and wildlife subjects, etcher, and painter. He studied in New York at the Art Students League. His art focused on horses, the western life, and related activities. Ziegler became a member of the Arts Students League in New York and then established himself as an illustrator and etcher. He was well known for his watercolors of the Western Plains, and for his illustrated book Cowboy Stuff including 50 etchings. Ziegler worked on his own subjects but also accepted commissions for book illustrations.

Ziegler also created a series of aquatints of airplanes titled Early Aviation, including Charles Lindbergh’s “Spirit of St. Louis”. There were two completely different prints by Ziegler with the title The Comet, a rodeo scene (etching, 13 x 18 cm) and an airplane (aquatint, 32 x 47.3 cm). Since there is no clear dating, it is unclear which work was submitted in 1936.