Howard Pyle

Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator, painter, and author, primarily of books for young people. He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.

In 1894, he began teaching illustration at the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry (now Drexel University). Among his students there were Violet Oakley, Maxfield Parrish, and Jessie Willcox Smith. After 1900, he founded his own school of art and illustration named the Howard Pyle School of Illustration Art. Scholar Henry C. Pitz later used the term Brandywine School for the illustration artists and Wyeth family artists of the Brandywine region, several of whom had studied with Pyle. He had a lasting influence on a number of artists who became notable in their own right; N. C. Wyeth, Frank Schoonover, Thornton Oakley, Allen Tupper True, Stanley Arthurs, and numerous others studied under him.

His 1883 classic publication ''The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood'' remains in print, and his other books frequently have medieval European settings, including a four-volume set on King Arthur. He is also well known for his illustrations of pirates, and is credited with creating what has become the modern stereotype of pirate dress. He published his first novel ''Otto of the Silver Hand'' in 1888. He also illustrated historical and adventure stories for periodicals such as ''Harper's Magazine'' and ''St. Nicholas Magazine''. His novel ''Men of Iron'' was adapted as the movie ''The Black Shield of Falworth'' (1954).

Pyle travelled to Florence, Italy in 1910 to study mural painting. He died there in 1911 of a sudden kidney infection (Bright's disease). Provided by Wikipedia
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    Author: Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911
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    Author: Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911
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    Author: Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911
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    Author: Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958
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    Author: May, Jill P.
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