Howard Pyle's 100th death anniversary (painter/writer: "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood")

[Lenona]

I think I first read "The Apple of Contentment" at age 7. Quite
amusing, and "How Boots Befooled the King" is even funnier!

You can read the latter here (it includes the other stories in "The
Wonder Clock"):

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=pyle&book=wonder&story=boots

Well-known titles of his include: "Men of Iron," "Otto of the Silver
Hand," "Pepper & Salt," "The Wonder Clock," "Howard Pyle's Book of
Pirates," & "The Story of the Champions of the Round Table."

I was slightly surprised to find that Pyle's 2007 entry in the
"Children's Literature Review" encyclopedias has more than 64 pages!
(Nearly half of that covers his life.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Pyle

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

"Some of his more famous (art) students were Olive Rush, N. C. Wyeth,
Frank Schoonover, Elenore Abbott, Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle, Allen
Tupper True, Anna Whelan Betts, Ethel Franklin Betts, Harvey Dunn,
Philip R. Goodwin, Clyde O DeLand and Jessie Willcox Smith."

He was a Quaker.

https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&source=hp&q=howard+pyle&gbv=2&oq=howard+pyle&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1325l1325l0l2259l1l1l0l0l0l0l175l175l0.1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=219ee579d1d8b17f&biw=800&bih=382
(general Google search)

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gbv=2&gs_upl=55476l55476l5l55795l1l1l0l0l0l0l136l136l0.1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=800&bih=382&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&q=howard%20pyle&orq=howard+pyle+
(artwork and photos)


This one is three pages long.
http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2011/10/26/entertainment/art_matters/doc4ea81171647f0039782344.txt?viewmode=fullstory

Here's part of what it says at the end:

“Howard Pyle: American Master Rediscovered” will be on display at
Delaware Art Museum,
2301 Kentmere Parkway,
Wilmington, DE 19806,
Nov. 12, 2011 – March 4, 2010.

More about the exhibit:

http://antiquesandthearts.com/Antiques/TradeTalk/2011-10-25__11-13-28.html

"Howard Pyle (1853–1911) was one of America's most popular
illustrators and storytellers during a period of explosive growth in
the publishing industry. A celebrity in his lifetime, Pyle's widely
circulated images of pirates, knights and historical figures were
featured in publications such as Harper's Monthly and were admired
by artists and authors such as Vincent van Gogh and Mark Twain.

"Yet, despite his widespread popularity, Pyle's reputation has
survived only among illustration scholars and enthusiasts. Until now,
his work has been virtually omitted from the larger context of art
history........."

http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2011/11/howard-pyle-exhibition-book-and-lecture.html

Excerpts:

"......A lavish book has just been published, the first major book on
Pyle in a long time. I wrote the opening chapter “Pyle as a
Picturemaker” which explores in detail Mr. Pyle's working methods,
including his approach to preliminary sketches, principles of
composition, and use of models. Other essays examine his teaching, his
students, his influence on Norman Rockwell, his interest in
Swedenborgianism, and his development of the pirate archetype......

".........The Pyle exhibit at the Delaware museum closes March 4. Next
summer it continues at the Norman Rockwell Museum."

http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20111109/DCP06/111090306
(about a 46-minute film about Pyle)

Excerpts:

......"Pyle should really be one of our heroes of Delaware," said
Mento. "All the people who really wanted to learn illustration came
here to Wilmington to learn from Howard Pyle."

The documentary features interviews with Darrell Warren of "Pirates of
the Caribbean" regarding how one of Pyle's portraits influenced the
character of Captain Jack Sparrow.........

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20111108/LIFE/111080303/Portrait-an-artist-who-transformed-his-art?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Home|p
(3-page article about the film)

Here's what's happening today:

http://articles.philly.com/2011-11-04/news/30359881_1_seniors-donation-sun

http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20111019/DCP08/110190357
(about Pyle's chauvinism and one female student of his who overcame
it)

His younger sister was writer/illustrator Katharine Pyle, a reteller
of Greek and Norse mythology who illustrated a 1923 edition of "Black
Beauty," and did verses and illustrations for "The Wonder Clock." You
can see her bibliography here:

http://jnjreid.com/cdb/katharinepyle.html

(To my surprise, this includes "Beastly Boys and Ghastly Girls," poems
collected by William Cole in 1964!)


Lenona.