Howard Pyle
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Howard Pyle’s Early Impressions of Italy

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Around Christmastime 1910, Howard Pyle was able to move his family from the cramped Pensione White “just on the outskirts of the slums” to “...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

“Art” by Howard Pyle, 1908

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In a letter dated December 22, 1908, architect Cass Gilbert wrote to Howard Pyle: Your speech at the dinner was a great success. I heard ma...
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Monday, December 20, 2010

Howard Pyle at Santa Croce, December 20, 1910

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“The Gothic church of Santa Croce, begun in 1294…was completed in 1442, except the façade, which was added 1857-63. The interior, 128 yds. l...
Friday, December 17, 2010

Edwin Markham’s Poem to Howard Pyle

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Here is a poem by Edwin Markham: Art To Howard Pyle At her light touch, behold! a voice proceeds Out of all things to chide our sordid ...
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Saturday, December 11, 2010

“The best engraver in the world is Mr. French”

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The Yale Club bookplate by Howard Pyle, 1905 (engraved by Edwin Davis French) “I have long admired your very admirable work, and have lo...
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Friday, December 10, 2010

Elihu Vedder Calls on Howard Pyle, December 10, 1910

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On December 10, 1910, Elihu Vedder , the American artist and longtime resident of Italy, called on Howard Pyle at the Grand Continental Hote...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Howard Pyle Arrives in Italy, December 7, 1910

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The Sant’ Anna in Naples In the rain and before dawn on December 7, 1910, the Sant’ Anna , carrying Howard Pyle, his family, and his sec...
Sunday, December 5, 2010

The Red Cross Christmas Stamp, 1908

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Did you know that Howard Pyle - at the request of his friend and fellow Wilmingtonian, Emily Perkins Bissell - designed the first nationall...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Howard Pyle Misses the Mark?

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The latest incarnation of the Autobiography of Mark Twain has been getting a lot of press. I don’t hold out much hope that Samuel L. Clemen...

Or, “When in Doubt, Leave It Out”

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“...it is better to err in the lack of detail than it is to introduce details that may arouse question or criticism...” Howard Pyle to Pau...
Monday, November 29, 2010

From “The Lady of Shalott”

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A very early full-color illustration by Howard Pyle for Alfred Tennyson’s The Lady of Shalott , published by Dodd, Mead & Company - and ...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

At Mark Twain’s Birthday Party, 1902

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Last year I wished Mark Twain a happy 174th birthday. And 108 years ago tonight Howard Pyle and 52 other men wished him a happy 67th birthd...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Pyle’s Art Students’ League Students?

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Here is another news item about Howard Pyle’s Art Students’ League lectures and critiques of 1904-05. This one comes from the International ...
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Friday, November 26, 2010

Howard Pyle Lectures at the Art Students’ League

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“It has just been announced at the Art Students' League that Howard Pyle will give a series of lectures on Composition, every other Satu...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Howard Pyle’s Early Turkey

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In honor of Thanksgiving, I serve up Howard Pyle’s earliest known turkey. It also happens to be his earliest known illustration for a nat...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Howard Pyle’s Sketch Club

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On November 24, 1902, Allen Tupper True wrote home to his father: …Mr. Pyle’s latest innovation is a “Sketch Club” to meet once a week when...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

“Mr. Howard Pyle...departed yesterday”

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GOES TO PAINT IN ITALY For a long stay in Italy, where he will have a studio in Florence, Mr. Howard Pyle, an American painter and illustr...
Monday, November 22, 2010

Bon Voyage, Howard Pyle

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One hundred years ago today, Howard Pyle took an early train from Wilmington to Hoboken, then a ferry around Lower Manhattan to the Fabre Li...
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

“Pyle’s illustrations for my poem are lovely”

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“...Pyle’s illustrations for my poem are lovely in the Wide Awake ...” From the diary of Edmund Clarence Stedman, November 21, 1887
Saturday, November 20, 2010

A Victim to Science, 1883

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“A Victim to Science” by Howard Pyle ( Harper’s Young People , November 20, 1883)
Friday, November 19, 2010

Howard Pyle and A Peculiar People

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“The Kloster” by Howard Pyle, 1880 The following is part of a letter Howard Pyle, then in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, wrote to Anne Poole, his...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

The Battle of “The Battle of Bunker Hill”

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On November 18, 1897, Howard Pyle wrote to Joseph Hawley Chapin, Art Editor of Scribner’s Magazine : …I send you today the Bunker Hill pic...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Howard Pyle Didn’t Sleep Here

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But Howard Pyle did eat a meal and write a letter here. Where? Why, the Mount Vernon House, run by Zephaniah Undercuffler in Ephrata, Penn...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The Return from Deerfield

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“The Return from Deerfield” by Howard Pyle, 1897 The town of Deerfield, Massachusetts , came up in conversation recently and it prompted ...
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

November 14, 1904

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“To illustrate requires a subjugating of oneself and that is the very best kind of a drill for an artist. For all know that true Art can flo...
Saturday, November 13, 2010

Who (or Which) Shall Be Captain?

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“I think that pirate duel is the most terrific thing I ever saw. I had almost all the sensations I have enjoyed at a prize fight. Oh if I we...
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Friday, November 12, 2010

November 12, 1899

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In the court of the [Drexel] Institute were displayed last week four historical paintings by Howard Pyle, of which “Jefferson Framing the C...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

November 11, 1911

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Two days after Howard Pyle died, muralist Edwin Howland Blashfield eulogized him in a letter to their mutual friend, architect Cass Gilbert...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

November 10, 1894

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The following notes were written by Bertha Corson Day during Howard Pyle’s sixth lecture on illustration at the Drexel Institute, November 1...
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Where Did Howard Pyle Die?

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Unlike Howard Pyle’s place of birth , his place of death is not in dispute. It happened in the building shown here - 6 Via Garibaldi in Flo...
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"Yahn Show-en-hare" is an illustrator, a genealogist, and a researcher and collector of all things regarding Howard Pyle (1853-1911) and John Schoenherr (1935-2010)
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