Thornton Oakley collection of Howard Pyle and his students, 1841-1992 1887-1951.

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Thornton Oakley collection of Howard Pyle and his students, 1841-1992 1887-1951.

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This is a collection of materials amassed by Thornton Oakley related to Howard Pyle and his students. Items include: books written and illustrated by Pyle; watercolors, pencil, charcoal, chalk drawings, and prints by Pyle; several sketchbooks of Pyle; tearsheets and proofs; photographs of Howard Pyle and his students; photos of Pyle and his studio; photographs and negatives of Chadd's Ford Mill; artwork by Pyle students including N.C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, Frank Scoonhover, and Jesse Willcox Smith; correspondence; and Pyle ephemera. Other material related to Pyle students includes tearsheets, clippings, magazine covers, color prints, posters, and advertising ephemera. Additionally the collection includes framed paintings and prints by Pyle, Maxfield Parrish, Jessie Willcox Smith, Schoonover, Oakley, Francis Newton, N.C. Wyeth, and others. Thornton Oakley materials in the collection include: correspondence to Oakley regarding exhibitions of his work and his collecting of Pyle material; drawings by Thornton Oakley; copies of a 1951 address at the Free Library: "Howard Pyle, His Art and Personality"; photograph albums from trips to the West Indies, France, and the Pyrenees; bookplates for Thornton Oakley's Collection of Works by Howard Pyle and a printing block for a small bookplate; list of Howard Pyle originals; and lists of desiderata. The collection also contains material related to Maxfield Parrish, such as family correspondence (1920-1953), including letters between Maxfield Parrish, Lydia Austin Parrish, and Dillwyn Parrish, and photographs and negatives of figure drawings. Other individuals represented in the collection include Henry C. Pitz (author of The Brandywine Tradition and 200 Years of American Illustration) and Sydney Gross. Pitz materials include professional correspondence, related to articles, books, and exhibitions and handwritten manuscript and galley proofs of The Brandywine Tradition. Gross materials consist of correspondence related to Maxfield Parrish pictures; photographs of Maxfield Parrish, 1928; a drawing of Maxfield Parrish by Gross; and notes on painting procedures.

15.83 linear feet

Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7371482

Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library

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Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department

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Pitz, Henry C. (Henry Clarence), 1895-1976

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Henry Clarence Pitz was born June 16, 1895 in Philadelphia, PA. He married Molly Wheeler Wood June 10, 1935. From 1914-1918, he studied at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art and Spring Garden Institue. Mr. Pitz pursued a career of artist, illustrator, art editor, lecturer, and instructor. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Mr. Pitz received many awards for his work. He illustrated over 160 books. His artwork is represented in the permanent collections of many museums...

Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966

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Frederick Parrish was born July 25, 1870 in Philadelphia, PA. He later took a family name, Maxfield, as his middle name. He was an illustrator and commercial artist who designed his first magazine cover for Harper's Weekly in April, 1895. Following that he did pictures and posters for other popular periodicals. His works also became familiar to the public through his illustrations for calendars and advertisements. He was noted for his use of rich colors, especially the shade of blue named for hi...

Harding, George Matthews, 1882-1959

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Oakley, Thornton, 1881-1953

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American artist Howard Pyle (1853-1911), who founded the Brandywine School of Art, was one of the pre-eminent illustrators of his time. Four of these students are represented in this collection: Thornton Oakley (1881-1953), Violet Oakley (1874-1961), Henry J. Peck (1880-1964), and Frank E. Schoonover (1877-1972). From the description of Frank E. Schoonover - Thornton Oakley correspondence related to Howard Pyle, 1912-1953. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 6677103...

Wyeth, N.C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945

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American painter, illustrator, muralist; 1902, studies with Howard Pyle, in Wilmington, Del.; settles permanently at Chadds Ford, Pa., in 1908. From the description of N.C. Wyeth papers, 1904-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 230727181 American artist. From the description of Letters, 1929 Nov. 26-1933 Nov. 6, Chadds Ford, Penn., to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904360 Painter; Chadd's Ford, Pa. From the ...

Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935

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Jessie Willcox Smith was born in Philadelphia in 1863. She originally studied to be a kindergarten teacher and actually served in that capacity before accidentally discovering a propensity for drawing. She's one of the few illustrators I've profiled who wasn't an astonishing child prodigy. She was probably around 20 before she took up a pencil. Initial studies were quickly replaced with formal courses at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where she learned from Thomas Eakins, and others. ...

McAdoo, Eleanor Wilson, 1889-1967

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Eleanor Randolph Wilson McAdoo, born in 1899, was the youngest daughter of Woodrow and Ellen Louise Axson Wilson. She was the author of short stories and two books. She was also active in the United World Federalists movement. She died in Montecito, Calif., in 1967. The collection also contains papers of Ellen Wilson McAdoo, Mary Faith McAdoo Bush, William Gibbs McAdoo, Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, and President Woodrow Wilson. From...

Howard Pyle School of Art

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Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961

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Muralist and illustrator, of Pennsylvania; 1896, student of Howard Pyle; d. 1961. From the description of Violet Oakley papers, 1897-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70975899 Violet Oakley died on 25 February 1961. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1935-1950. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122584716 Muralist, painter; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Violet Oakley autograph and photogra...

Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911

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American illustrator and writer of children's books. From the description of Howard Pyle letter to Elmer Reynolds July 2, 1887. (Ohio University). WorldCat record id: 13054039 Illustrator, muralist, writer, art teacher, of Wilmington, Del. From the description of Howard Pyle manuscript collection, 1898-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70977558 Illustrator and children's book author; Wilmington, Del. From the description of Howard Pyle let...

Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green

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Illustrator; b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1871; d. 1954. From the description of Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott files, 1896-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973996 From the description of Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott photographs, [19--]-[19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974358 Illustrator; Philadelphia, Penn. Died 1954. From the description of Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott papers, 1848-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565413 ...

Gross, Sydney.

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