“This is the last week at the Ford and I’ll make the best of it,” wrote N. C. Wyeth to his mother on Sunday, October 18, 1903. “Then back to...

Study for “Life in an Old Dutch Town” by Howard Pyle (1910) Howard Pyle’s 16.5 x 71" oil on canvas study for his mural “Life in an Ol...

In a post two years ago, I quoted Howard Pyle’s thoughts on the sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye , but I want to expand on that post to show wh...

In honor of Howard Pyle’s 161st birthday, here are a few kind words from some of his friends and admirers: “You write about a beautiful sh...

On a Friday night 107 years ago this month, N. C. Wyeth wrote to his “Mama” back in Hingham, Massachusetts: This week has gone past lik...

On December 4, 1903, Howard Pyle and his wife, Anne, traveled from Chicago to Indianapolis via the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St....

“Jack Frost’s Harvest” by Philip L. Hoyt in Harper’s Weekly for December 6, 1902 In an article N. C. Wyeth wrote about Howard Pyle - pu...

Howard Pyle, photographed  by Arthur Ernst Becher in 1902 According to David Michaelis’  N. C. Wyeth: A Biography   it was 110 years ...

Behold, two great versions - two great visions - of the same scene from Kidnapped : “I saw him pass his sword through the mate’s body” by...