Howard Pyle - part 11

1897-98 Howard Pyle with “The Evacuation of Charlestown”

Howard Pyle (1853, Wilmington Del. - 1911, Florence) was one of America’s most popular illustrators and storytellers at the end of the 19th century during a period of explosive growth in the publishing industry. His illustrations appeared in magazines like Harper’s Monthly, St. Nicholas, and Scribner’s Magazine, gaining him both national and international exposure. The broad appeal of his imagery made him a celebrity in his lifetime.

Pyle studied at the Art Student’s League, New York City, and first attracted attention by his line drawings after the style of Albrecht Dürer. His magazine and book illustrations are among the finest of the turn-of-the-century period in the Art Nouveau style. Pyle wrote original children’s stories as well as retelling old fairy tales. Many of Pyle’s children’s stories, illustrated by the author with vividness and historical accuracy, have become classics—most notably The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (1883); Otto of the Silver Hand (1888); Jack Ballister’s Fortunes (1895); and his own folktales, Pepper & Salt (1886), The Wonder Clock (1888), and The Garden Behind the Moon (1895).

In 1894, he began teaching illustration at the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. Among his students there wer valet Oakley, Maxfield Parrish, and Jessie Wikcox 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 Arthur, and numerous others studied under him.

Later Pyle undertook mural paintings, executing, among others, The Battle of Nashville (1906) for the capitol at St. Paul, Minn. Dissatisfied with his style in painting, he went to Italy for further study but died shortly afterward. Pyle had established a free schoolof art in his home in Wilmington, where many successful American illustrators received their education.

Pyle travelled to Florence, Italy in 1910 to study mural painting. He died there in 1911 of a sudden kidney infection (Bright’s Disease).

For earlier works by Howard Pyle see parts 1-10 also.

This is part 11 of a 13-part series on the works of Howard Pyle:

1902 "There is a time to fight, and that time has now come."

1904 Guarded by rough English Soldiers

1907 Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln's Last Day)
 Harper's Magazine, September 1907

1905 The Story of the Champions of the Round Table 

by Howard Pyle:

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
Written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
 "Prologue."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Launcelot of the Lake."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Foreword."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Contents"

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"List of Illustrations"

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"The Lady Nymue beareth away Launcelot into the Lake."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Prologue."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Launcelot greets Queen Guinevere."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Lionel of Britain."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Queen Morgana appears unto Sir Launcelot."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Launcelot doeth battle with Sir Turquine."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Launcelot sits with Sir Hilaire and Croisette."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Launcelot and Eloise the Fair."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Launcelot climbs to catch the Lady's falcon."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Launcelot takes the armor of Sir Kay."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Tristram of Lyonesse."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Prologue."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Tristram succors the Lady Moeya."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table "King Mark of Cornwall."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"The Lady Belle Isoult."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"The Queen of Ireland seeks to slay Sir Tristram."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Tristram harpeth before King Mark."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Tristram sits with Sir Launcelot."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Belle Isoult and Sir Tristram drink the love draught."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Lamorack of Gales."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Friendship."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Tristram cometh to ye castle of Sir Nabon."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Lamorack herds the swine of Sir Nabon."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Tristram assaults King Mark."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Kay and the Forest Madman."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Tristram leaps into ye Sea."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"King Mark broods mischief."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Percival of Gales."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"The Lady Yvette the Fair."

 The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Percival & Sir Lamorack ride together."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Percival overcometh ye Enchantress Vivien."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
 "The Demoiselle Blanchefleur."

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
"Sir Kay interrupts ye meditations of Sir Percival."

1907 Stolen Treasure 

by Howard Pyle:

Hard Cover

 " 'I've kept my ears open to all your doings'  "

 "Our hero, leaping to the wheel, seized the flying spokes"

" '…and twenty-one and twenty-two'  "

" ' 'tis enough,' cried out Parson Jones, 'to make us both rich men'  "

"Captain Malyoe shot Captain Brand through his head"

"He would shout opprobious words after the other in the Streets"