"I hope your patience has not entirely given out at my somewhat lengthened delay in writing. I will not attempt to offer any excuse as ...

"Howard Pyle, the well-known and deservedly popular draughtsman, has a class at the Drexel Institute, in Philadelphia, that is unique i...

I plan to write more in depth about Howard Pyle's involvement with To Have and To Hold , the novel by Mary Johnston, but until then, tak...

No tragedy in Howard Pyle’s life could ever compare with the death of his son Sellers. The surrounding circumstances only made it more sad. ...

“In the midst of a most charming trip my wife and I received a cablegram telling us that our little boy - a noble little fellow of six year...

Who knows how many unidentified pieces of Pylean ephemera are still out there. For instance, this 1900 advertising booklet for Houghton, Mif...

Illustrators, have you ever received a letter from an admirer who complimented your work and then asked you to send them one of your origina...

"The temptation to talk is great but it is so dangerous to formulate thoughts into words. So formulated they become such hard stones of...

Howard Pyle was on friendly terms with three presidents - or, more precisely, two presidents and one future president. The future president ...

I don't necessarily want to see Howard Pyle's original illustrations in pristine condition, since the annotations that often appear...

In his advanced Illustration Class at the Drexel Institute, Howard Pyle occasionally assigned seasonal topics to his pupils with the aim of ...

In the spring of 1896 the Pyle family moved from Ambassador Bayard 's mansion - which was much too costly to maintain - to a more modest...

"Howard Pyle, the artist, has a very pleasant studio at his home in Wilmington, Del. While he is painting his pictures he dictates his ...

"But to revert to the weather - for we cannot talk of anything without reverting back to it - I don’t think I have told you how all the...

"Howard Pyle and wife started to-day for an extended trip to the Bahama Islands, to gather the information necessary for an article on ...

“Lola” by Howard Pyle (1908) In 1925, Estelle Taylor, Hollywood actress and wife of world heavyweight champion boxer Jack Dempsey , remini...

On his blog , James Gurney brought up the topic of doodles - specifically "phone doodles" - and asked "Just curious: What sor...

A Howard Pyle Mask © 1998 by Ian Schoenherr

A Howard Pyle Mask © 1998 by Ian Schoenherr I've always been fascinated by life masks and death masks and I used to dream that I woul...

The Flight from Falworth Castle (Harper’s Young People, January 20, 1891) “I know nothing about the story: do you? No? Well, the picture ...

I've been laid up with a cold and disinclined to do much of anything. But I've emerged from the fog just enough to pull some quotes ...

“Pirates used to do that to their Captains now and then” by Howard Pyle (1894) “…‘Too good - too good,’ The pirate captain dead on the san...

"Should I now and then appear to question your details, I hope you will consider that I do so with all deference, and only with a desir...

The January 11, 1890, issue of the New York Ledger included a “Souvenir Supplement” featuring “The Captain’s Well,” a poem by John Greenlea...

"Washington and Steuben at Valley Forge" by Howard Pyle (1896) Howard Pyle felt compelled to convince Woodrow Wilson that an il...

Howard Pyle's "The Strange Adventures of Carl Spich" appeared in the January 3, 1885, issue of Harper's Weekly . The story...

"Enter New Year's Day, Saluting" by Howard Pyle for "Revolt of the Holidays" by Edward Irenæus Stevenson in Harper...

A number of Howard Pyle's major works are surprisingly under-documented. For example, his painting "Christmas Morn" which was ...

We don’t usually associate Howard Pyle with Santa Claus, but Harper’s Young People for December 18, 1883, features Pyle’s only known publi...

One of the remarkable things about Howard Pyle the craftsman - or, in this case, the draughtsman - was his skillful use of so many differen...