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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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Washington Bringing His Mother Into The Ballroom, Fredericksburg

Washington Bringing His Mother Into The Ballroom, Fredericksburg (Ca. 1890–1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Washington In The Garden At Mount Vernon

Washington In The Garden At Mount Vernon (1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Washington’s Retreat From Great Meadows

Washington’s Retreat From Great Meadows (Ca. 1890–1896)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Becky Sharp and Lord Steyne

Becky Sharp and Lord Steyne (1906)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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To have & to hold, by Mary Johnston

To have & to hold, by Mary Johnston (ca. 1890–1920)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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An Old Government Toll Gate with Westward Bound Express

An Old Government Toll Gate with Westward Bound Express (ca. 1879)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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At the Sign of the Griffin

At the Sign of the Griffin (1879)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Grandfather and Little Benny

Grandfather and Little Benny (ca. 1882)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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A wounded enemy

A wounded enemy (1893)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Tournament

Tournament

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Squire

Squire (1892)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Paul Revere Bringing News to Sullivan

Paul Revere Bringing News to Sullivan (1886)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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He Stops at the Sign of the Weathervane

He Stops at the Sign of the Weathervane (ca. 1881)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Then Beppo Carried the Princess Ashore

Then Beppo Carried the Princess Ashore (1894)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Sunday In Old Catskill

Sunday In Old Catskill (1879)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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‘Again, My Captain (Pirates)’, New York Colonial Privateers

‘Again, My Captain (Pirates)’, New York Colonial Privateers (1895)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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The Old Violin

The Old Violin (1894)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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Stamford’s Soprano

Stamford’s Soprano (1893)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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The Dunkers – Going to Meeting

The Dunkers – Going to Meeting (ca. 1880)

Howard Pyle (American, 1853 – 1911)
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