As early as 1880, Augustus Saint-Gaudens sought the 27-year-old Howard Pyle’s advice on the proper costume for his statue of Robert Richard ...

This little exchange between W. D. Howells and his (unnamed) friend Howard Pyle appeared in Howells’ “Life and Letters” column in Harper’s W...

“I do not mean to belittle Dickens but do you not think that the self-sacrifice of the hero in - Little Doret [ sic ] is it - is just a lit...

On September 13, 1903, Howard Pyle jotted down this drawing in a little notebook belonging to his student Thornton Oakley. Some years later...

“After all, it is the result of my words that will tell, and not the words themselves. If I may help and inspire young artists with an exalt...

“Myles, as in a dream, kneeled, and presented the letter” illustrates the following passage from the second installment of Howard Pyle’s nov...

“Some took his time” by Howard Pyle is an illustration for “How the Old Horse Won the Bet” by Oliver Wendell Holmes, which formed part of Th...

Howard Pyle illustrated two books by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes for the 1891 and 1892 holiday seasons, so it was only natural that the publi...

“Mr. Leuba” by Howard Pyle (1890) Poor “Mr. Leuba” - he didn’t go far. He appeared in James Lane Allen’s “Flute and Violin” in Harper’s Ne...

While sitting, tethered to my drawing table pretty constantly for three months, I often wondered what it would be like to stand and draw. T...

“Hey, black cat! hey, my pretty black cat” by Howard Pyle (1891) “I send you to-day the three drawings for Giles Corey Yeoman and return ...

My blogging slowed drastically due to a book project that proved more time consuming than I expected. But maybe I can balance or juggle more...

“The First Christmas Tree” by Howard Pyle illustrated “The Oak of Geismar” by Henry Van Dyke in Scribner’s Magazine for December 1891. It w...

Yes, Howard Pyle slept here. He also worked here, about ten years before this photograph was taken. The address is (well, was ) 788 Broa...

“The Enemy at the Door” by Howard Pyle, from “Some Thanksgiving-Time Fancies” in Scribner’s Magazine for November 1895.

“Lear and Cordelia” (1849-54) by Ford Madox Brown Despite his self-described “hermit-like” existence, Howard Pyle didn’t live in a vacuum...

A little over a week ago, I finally visited the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and saw their Howard Pyle exhibit, whi...

Salon features an interview with Margaretta Frederick, Chief Curator of the Delaware Art Museum, where the new Howard Pyle exhibit just op...

Howard Pyle grinning in Italy, a few months before his death in 1911 Almost immediately after Howard Pyle died - 100 years ago today - hi...

A behind the scenes look at the Pyle exhibit opening this Saturday, November 12th, at the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington.

What did Howard Pyle die of? Most contemporary newspapers reported that it was “heart failure” or “heart disease”. The more common notion - ...

“To me Death is a most interesting change to look forward to and the other life is as certain a thing to me as the passing from one room to ...

Howard Pyle died on November 9, 1911, in Italy at 4.30 a.m. - so it was still November 8th in Wilmington, Delaware, no?

From the Sunday Morning Star of Wilmington, Delaware, November 4, 1883:

I just received a copy of Howard Pyle: American Master Rediscovered - the brand new book which complements the exhibition of the same name ...

Title-page drawing for The Wonder Clock (“1887” was changed to “1888” in the first edition of book) No, you won’t find a major exhibiti...

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

It’s the anniversary of the death of William Pyle - Howard’s father. He suffered a stroke while on a business trip and died in a Boston hosp...

Don’t let the introductory graphics set to a disco beat throw you: this new video is a good, succinct announcement for the BIG Howard Pyle ...

Headband for A History of New York (The Grolier Club, 1886) by Howard Pyle “I asked Mr. Pyle for a list of books he would recommend to m...