Frank Earle Schoonover (1877-1972) was enamoured with Howard Pyle’s magazine work from the time he was a young boy in Trenton, New Jersey. After youthful endeavours copying Pyle’s illustrations, Schoonover joined his class at Drexel Institute in 1896. The young artist’s promising talent was duly noted by his teacher and he was offered scholarships to Pyle’s summer school in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Schoonover was well known for his illustrations of outdoor adventure stories, especially of the Canadian and American West. He maintained a studio in Wilmington throughout his career and, with Stanley Arthurs, was a founder in 1912 of the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts, the predecessor of the Delaware Art Museum. The Frank E. Schoonover Manuscript Collection contains photographs, correspondence, clippings, organisational records, diaries, and day books that document the work he executed. Delaware Art Museum
For a more in-depth biography see part 1, and for earlier works by Schoonover, see parts 1 - 4 also.
This is part 5 of 7-part series on the works of Frank Schoonover.
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1920 Strike a Light
American Boy Magazine
oil 91.4 x 60.9 cm |
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1920 The Man from the North
oil on canvas 71.1 x 91.4 cm |
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1920 The whirling blizzard
American Boy Magazine, November 1920
oil 81.2 x 71.1 cm |
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1920 Under the Silk
oil on canvas 63.5 x 76.2 cm |
1921 Connie Morgan in the Fur Country, published by Putnam's Sons: |
| "For there, standing close beside the fire, his head and huge shoulders thrust into the doorway, his eyes gleaming like live coals, stood the great grey leader of the wolf pack." |
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| "The third day dawned cold and clear, and daylight found the outfit on the move" |
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| "It was a terrible thing to look upon to those two who knew its significance—that flag glowing like a splotch of blood there in the brazen sky." |
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| "The snare was set only a foot or two from the stuffed rabbit skin and sticks and brush so arranged that in order to reach the rabbit the lynx must leap straight into the snare." |
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"Mexican Joe climbed the tree and a few minutes later Connie heard the blows of his belt ax as he hacked at the limb that held
the clog." |
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| "As darkness settled over the North Country, a little fire twinkled in the bush, and the odour of sizzling bacon and frying liver permeated the cozy camp." |
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"As he stepped through the doorway he was seized violently
from behind." |
1921 Lafayette by Lucy Foster Madison:
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| Front Cover |
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Lafayette and General Washington
oil on canvas 91.4 x 76.2 cm |
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| The skipper met Lafayette’s glance with determination |
1921 Toilers of the Trails by George Marsh, The Penn Publishing Co., Philadelphia: |
| Front Cover |
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Frontispiece
"On came the strange pair" |
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| Again at his signal the crew thrust the boat forward |
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| Gordon drank in the beauty of the picture |
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| The freezing man was dragged to safety |
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| The rifle flew to his shoulder |
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| "Up dere," he said, pointing with a shaking finger |
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| "I am François Hertel" |
1921 Treasure Island, published by Harper & Brothers:
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| Front Cover |
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Long John Silver
oil on canvas 91.4 x 63.5 cm |
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