Howard Pyle

Howard Pyle's artwork is utterly staggering! Much like John Watkiss' his work fills me with a mixture of despair and inspiration. As one of the great artists from the golden age of American illustration I'm sure his work would have been an inspiration to Watkiss amongst many others. Pyle was clearly a tremendous draughtsman but I admire his use of colour, in particular the pirate ship featured in the bottom picture. This is just a small sample of his work, I could have posted literally 20 to 30 images but check out the link below to see a little more :)





Howard Pyle Biography