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Howard Pyle, the First Action Hero; Scholars Dismiss Him, but the Illustrator Cast a Big Shadow on the Art World
From: The Washington Post
Date: 20061022
Author:Paul Richard
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 much like the Robin that Pyle drew in 1883. They strike the same poses and dress from the same costume box. Hollywood is coming when you look at Pyle's art.
That's one reason why he matters. His students are another. The men and women he instructed -- in the Brandywine Valley of Pennsylvania, in Chadds Ford at Brinton's Mill -- ...
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