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Howard Pyle
Howard Pyle

Howard Pyle

American, 1853 – 1911
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Howard Pyle was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.

In 1894, he began teaching illustration at the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry (now Drexel University). After 1900, he founded his own school of art and illustration named the Howard Pyle School of Illustration Art. Scholar Henry C. Pitz later used the term Brandywine School for the illustration artists and Wyeth family artists of the Brandywine region, several of whom had studied with Pyle. Some of his more notable students were N. C. Wyeth, Frank Schoonover, Elenore Abbott, Ethel Franklin Betts, Anna Whelan Betts, Harvey Dunn, Clyde O. DeLand, Philip R. Goodwin, Thornton Oakley, Violet Oakley, Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle, Olive Rush, Blanche Grant, Ethel Leach, Allen Tupper True, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Arthur E. Becher, William James Aylward, Jessie Willcox Smith, and Charlotte Harding. Pyle taught his students at his home and studio in Wilmington, which is still standing and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Pyle was an early member of The Franklin Inn Club in Philadelphia.

His 1883 classic publication The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood remains in print, and his other books frequently have medieval European settings, including a four-volume set on King Arthur. He is also well known for his illustrations of pirates, and is credited with creating what has become the modern stereotype of pirate dress. He published his first novel Otto of the Silver Hand in 1888. He also illustrated historical and adventure stories for periodicals such as Harper's Magazine and St. Nicholas Magazine. His novel Men of Iron was adapted as the movie The Black Shield of Falworth (1954).

Pyle travelled to Florence, Italy in 1910 to study mural painting. He died there in 1911 of a sudden kidney infection (Bright's disease).

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Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.8

Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.8 (1881)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.7

Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.7 (1881)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.6

Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.6 (1881)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.5

Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.5 (1881)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.4

Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.4 (1881)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.3

Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.3 (1881)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.2

Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.2 (1881)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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‘And who’s going to support ’em’ demanded Mrs. Barkley’

‘And who’s going to support ’em’ demanded Mrs. Barkley’ (1898)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Braddock’s Defeat, Battle Of Monongahela

Braddock’s Defeat, Battle Of Monongahela (Ca. 1890–1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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A Puppet of Fate

A Puppet of Fate (1899)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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The Mountain Orchard

The Mountain Orchard (1881)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
Landscape
Even Sir William Berkeley, the redoubtable cavalier governor, saw that he must yield

Even Sir William Berkeley, the redoubtable cavalier governor, saw that he must yield (ca. 1890–1897)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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In the old Raleigh Tavern

In the old Raleigh Tavern (1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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They read only upon occasion, when the weather darkened

They read only upon occasion, when the weather darkened (1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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A report of the truth concerning the last sea-fight of the Revenge. By Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight

A report of the truth concerning the last sea-fight of the Revenge. By Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight (1902)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
Posters
In Washington’s day

In Washington’s day (1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
Posters
Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.1

Yankee Doodle: An old friend in a new dress Pl.1 (1881)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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The Duke of Gloucester Sends for Edward Maudelain, The Satraps

The Duke of Gloucester Sends for Edward Maudelain, The Satraps (1909)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Go Madame, and Leave the Prodigal Among His Husks

Go Madame, and Leave the Prodigal Among His Husks (1908)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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‘Take physic, pomp (Pomp)’ (King Lear, act III, scene IV)

‘Take physic, pomp (Pomp)’ (King Lear, act III, scene IV) (1876)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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A Virginia Plantation Wharf

A Virginia Plantation Wharf (1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Death Of Washington

Death Of Washington (Ca. 1890–1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Lady Washington’s Arrival At Headquarters, Cambridge, 1775

Lady Washington’s Arrival At Headquarters, Cambridge, 1775 (Ca. 1890–1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Leaving Mount Vernon For The Congress Of The Colonies

Leaving Mount Vernon For The Congress Of The Colonies (Ca. 1890–1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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The Burial Of Braddock

The Burial Of Braddock (1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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The Escape Of Arnold On The British Sloop-Of-War ‘vulture’

The Escape Of Arnold On The British Sloop-Of-War ‘vulture’ (Ca. 1890–1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Thompson, The Clerk Of Congress, Announcing To Washington, At Mount Vernon, His Election To The Presidency

Thompson, The Clerk Of Congress, Announcing To Washington, At Mount Vernon, His Election To The Presidency (Ca. 1890–1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Washington And Mary Philipse

Washington And Mary Philipse (Ca. 1890–1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Washington And Nellie Custis

Washington And Nellie Custis (1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Washington and Von Steuben at Valley Forge

Washington and Von Steuben at Valley Forge (Ca. 1890–1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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