HOWARD PYLE
American illustrator (1853-1911)
Biography:
Howard Pyle was born in 1853 in Wilmington. He studied at the Art Student league In New-York and his frist drawings very strongly influenced by Dürer. He began as illustrator for Scribner's and Saint-Nichola's but moreover he wrote and illustrated novels about the Middle Ages for young people. Pyle opened up a new era in American illustration for he used the new proceses of photo-engravings and coloured printings. As a teacher, he taught at Drexel Institute in 1894, before opening his own scholl. He influenced many American illustrators.
Howard Pyle, author of illustrated works:
A modern Aladdin, 1892, 32 illustrations.
Book of Pirates, Harper, 1921, 8 illustrations.
Mery Adventures of Robin Hood, Scribner, 1883, 61 illustrations.
Story of King Arthur and his Knights, 1903, 31 illustrations.
Story of Sir Launcelot of The Round Table, Scribner, 1905.
Works illustrated by Howard Pyle:
Baldwin, Story of Siegfried, 1882, 6 illustrations.
Mark Twain, Saint Joan of Arc, Harper, 1919, 4 illustrations.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The parasite, Harper and Brothers, 1895.
Hawthorne, A wonder-book for girls and boys; and, Tanglewood tales, Houghton Mifflin, 1900.
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Biography in English