Howard Pyle (1853-1911)
Howard Pyle has been called the "Father of Modern Illustration" not only for the thousands of illustrations he did during his career (many for books that he had written), but also for the work he did as a teacher at his school in Wilmington. It was Pyle who taught many of the most important illustrators ever to work in this country, including N. C. Wyeth, Frank Schoonover, Harvey Dunn, and Jessie Willcox Smith. Working in either pen-and-ink or oil on canvas, Pyle composed his scenes in such a way as to maximize their emotional impact. He specialized in historical subject matter, but was equally at home illustrating pirates, revolutionary soldiers, or Arthurian knights. His theories of composition and color, and methods of bringing his readers into the action, remain as viable today as they were one hundred years ago.

Why Don't You End It? 1900

Oil on canvas, 19 inches x 13 inches

To Have and To Hold, Mary Johnston, Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1900, frontis.
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