Howard Pyle was a prolific author, editor, and illustrator, remembered for his adaptations of the Robin Hood story and Arthurian legends. He was also influential as a teacher of illustration; former students such as early twentieth-century artists N....

Howard Pyle's innovative contributions to children's literature are of paramount importance. His name became synonymous with high artistic standards in book format and in periodical illustration. He not only created graphics to complement children's...

During his thirty-five-year career Howard Pyle became one of America's most prominent illustrators. Moreover, he achieved recognition as a writer, teacher, and mural painter. For him the purpose of art was to entertain and to inspire. He argued that...

The popularity of animation and new media are driving the demand for talented and trained illustrators. Illustrators can find work in animation studios, creating comic books, or working on CD-ROM images. Tips on how high-school students can create a portfolio are given. The...

Howard Pyle's pictures look exactly like the movies, which is impressive because he painted lots of them before there were movies. The swordfights are the same. The lighting is the same. Douglas Fairbanks's Robin Hood (1922) and jaunty Errol Flynn's (1938) are very...

In the following essay, Abbott recounts Pyle's early career as a magazine illustrator.

In the following essay, Helbig examines Pyle's significant body of children's poetry.

In the following essay, May argues that Pyle's depiction of the mythical forest in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood is inclusive of young female readers, unlike other books for children such as Treasure Island and Peter Pan, where girls are either explicitly left out or serve as young mother figures who perform household duties while the boys have real adventures.