Howard Pyle’s painting “He looked down and sang out, ‘Lower away!’” has never gotten much attention. There are two chief reasons for this:...

It was in 1880, most likely, that 27-year-old Howard Pyle - then living and working at his parents’ house, but soon to be married - painted ...

“Surprised by the Hero of Seventy Fights - The Good Lord James of Douglas” - another long lost work by Howard Pyle - will be sold at auction...

“He lay silent and still, with his face half buried in the sand” (1890) Howard Pyle painted “He lay silent and still, with his face half ...

“The little pink finger and the huge black index came to a full stop under this commandment” “Work is beginning to roll in upon me at l...

"The Old Violin" by Howard Pyle (1893) Next week, one of my favorite Howard Pyle paintings will be sold by Heritage Auctions ....

“The Haunted House” was built, as it were, by Howard Pyle for Mary E. Wilkins Freeman’s story “The Gold” in the December 1904 issue of Harpe...

“Reading the Declaration before Washington’s Army, New York, July 9, 1776” by Howard Pyle (1892) According to George Washington’s Gener...

“Deianeira and the Dying Centaur Nessus” by Howard Pyle (1887) Isn’t this picture lovely? I never really gave it much attention before. Ho...

Howard Pyle was not above reworking a picture after publication. “The Burial of Braddock” is one example: after it appeared in Harper’s Mon...

“Blackbeard's last fight” by Howard Pyle (1894) Finally, some pirates. On June 4, 1894, Howard Pyle sent the last two illustrations...

Not all of Howard Pyle’s illustrations just “fell off his brush” - I mean, where his concept was vivid enough that he could go straight from...

Above is the earliest known letter written on this date by Howard Pyle. It is addressed to Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908), the “Bank...

"Tory Refugees on their way to Canada" by Howard Pyle (1901) Although the second collaboration of Howard Pyle and Woodrow Wilso...

Robert Louis Stevenson died 115 years ago today, so here is Howard Pyle’s sole illustration for Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde . ...

Although it’s always bittersweet when an original Howard Pyle comes up for sale (due to my pathological desire to possess anything he crea...

In my last post I referred to the warmth and “color” of Pyle’s black and white paintings. Here is an example of what I mean: one of 21 il...