Joan of Arc
1863
Though his student, Maxfield Parrish, may be the best known American illustrator, Howard Pyle is probably the greatest. Actually, I prefer Parrish, who I'll be sure to feature soon, but it's Pyle's unbelievable influence on the world's illustration scene that makes him so much more important than the strange and wonderful Parrish.
Sorrow
Guarded by Rough English Soldiers
1904
Do you know an American magazine called Harper's Monthly? There are things in it which strike me dumb with admiration, including sketches of a Quaker town in the olden days by Howard Pyle.
- Vincent van Gogh, in a letter to his brother, Theo
quoted in N.C. Wyeth: A Biography
Attack on a Galleon
1905
