HOWARD PYLE AMERICAN MASTER REDISCOVERED © 2011 Delaware Museum Brandywine ISBN 13: 9780977164431

HOWARD PYLE

AMERICAN MASTER REDISCOVERED

© 2011 Delaware Art Museum

Raro!! Agotadisimo!! SIMPLEMENTE EL MEJOR LIBRO SOBRE LA VIDA Y OBRA DE HOWARD PYLE. EL PADRE DE LA ILUSTRACIÓN AMERICANA. Imprescindible

ISBN 10: 0977164438 ISBN 13: 9780977164431



Descubre la grandeza de Howard Pyle, el maestro de la ilustración que definió la estética de la narrativa visual en Estados Unidos. Howard Pyle: American Master Rediscovered es una obra imprescindible para amantes del arte, la historia y la ilustración, con ensayos de destacados expertos que analizan su legado, influencias y métodos de trabajo. Repleto de imágenes impactantes y nuevas investigaciones, este libro no solo reivindica su lugar en la historia del arte del siglo XIX, sino que también revela su impacto en la literatura, el cine y la cultura popular. Una joya para coleccionistas y estudiosos de la ilustración.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Howard Pyle: American Master Rediscovered

Delaware Art Museum

November 12, 2011-March 4, 2012

Norman Rockwell Museum Stockbridge, Massachusetts

June 9-October 28, 2012

Lenders to the exhibition:

Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford Brooklyn Museum, New York

The Kelly Collection of American Illustration

Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven

This exhibition is made possible by:

DuPont, supporting exhibitions and programs related to the Delaware Art Museum's Centennial Celebration

Foundation Sponsor: Henry Luce Foundation

Wyeth Foundation for American Art

Starrett Foundation

Howard Pyle Brokaw

Roberts and Allison Brokaw

Additional support in Delaware is provided by Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.

Library of Congress

Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911.

Howard Pyle: American master rediscovered /edited by Heather Campbell Coyle.

p. cm.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Del., Nov. 12, 2011-Mar: 4, 2012 and at the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass., June 9-Oct. 28, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-9771644-3-1

1. Pyle, Howard, 1853-191I-Exhibitions. I. Coyle, Heather Campbell. II.

Delaware Art Museum. II. Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge. IN Title. V.

Title: American master rediscovered.

2011030413

N6537.P94А4 2011

741.6092—dc23

1. Pyle as a Picture Maker

James Gurney

31

2. Howard Pyle and the Arthurian Legends 47

Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack

3. Gunpowder Smoke and Buried Dubloons: Adventure and Lawlessness in Pyle's Piratical World

Anne M. Loechle

4. Composing American History: Pyle's Illustrations for Henry Cabot Lodge's "The Story of the Revolution" 73

Heather Campbell Coyle

5. Catalysts and Concepts: Exploring Pyle's References to Contemporary Visual Culture 89

Margaretta S. Frederick

6. "The Bitter Delight": Howard Pyle and the Swedenborgian Faith

107

Mary F. Holahan

7. The Gender of Illustration: Howard Pyle, Masculinity, and the Fate of American Art 123

Eric J. Segal

9

11

Foreword

Danielle Rice

Acknowledgments

Heather Campbell Coyle and Margaretta S. Frederick

Introduction: Perspectives on Pyle

Heather Campbell Coyle

CONTENTS

8. Teaching Storytelling

133

Joyce K. Schiller

9. Inspiring Minds: Howard Pyle and His Students

139

Virginia O'Hara

10. Chasing the Muse: Norman Rockwell and the Legacy of Howard Pyle 157

Stephanie Haboush Plunkett

11. The Persistence of Pirates: Pyle, Piracy, and the Silver Screen 167

David M. Lubin

183

189

Chronology

Index