THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF HOWARD PYLE HD

[@janechamblesswright119]

This is a wonderful thing you’ve done here - thank you. Mr Pyle was the beginning of the Brandywine River School of artists, and the inspiration for everybody who came after him. I grew up in the Chadds Ford / Wilmington area, and attended the auction of the Pyle Studios in the late 1960’s. There were a lot of the costumes he had used on models, and I bought a silk Edwardian ball gown - which I later wore to a fancy-dress dance. John Schoonover, grandson of the Pyle student Frank Schoonover - owns and runs the Pyle studios in Wilmington - selling artwork from the Brandywine River artists. I’ve purchased several pieces from him over the years, which I am blessed to live with and enjoy every day. Your film is a wonderful, beautifully researched archive of Pyle’s life and work - and I am so grateful to you for letting me peek over your shoulder. Thank you.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your kind words about this video. Although I'm from England I have long been aware of the imprtance of Howard Pyle in the evolution of modern American illustration, and I'm delighted you think I have done him justice here. On the off chance that you arent aware of it there's a video about N. C. Wyeth too and others of Pyle's pupils turn up in my unsing heroes of illustration series.

[@josephkarl2061]

It's hard to underestimate the impact of his Robin Hood books. Not only the character, but everything about England at that time came to be colored to one extent or another by his stories. Thanks, Pete, for another great episode 👍

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation.

[@TexRenner]

Our grandmother was a great lover of books who would scour secondhand shops for children's books to give us. A Merry Adventures of Robin Hood she found became one of my treasures.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks as ever for your comment.

[@treasuresunderfoot7876]

I learned of Howard Pyle when in 9th grade. I was immediately drawn to his historical work. But I never knew of his home murals and many of the full color works he had created. I can see where N.C. Wyeth was inspired by his color usage, brush movements, and character layout. How I would love to see Pyles thumbnails and layout sketches. I'm sure he had many layouts to work through before his finals. Thanks again, Pete. You always find interesting subjects.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. There are some 'scribbles' by pyle to see online and even though they are remarkably loose you can still get the gist of the composition being planned out. I couldn't find any studies though.

[@gentlejones]

hands down my favorite and possibly the greatest ever. i live in wilmington, delaware and you can see his art and murals in person in our local museums, his skill was mind boggling.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment.

[@justicecommander9455]

An important artist not only because of his body of work, but also for his commitment to pass his knowlegment and skills to the future generations.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment. He was a crucial figure and it's hard to imagine how things might have turned out without him.

[@russellwilson6388]

That more than made up for the lack of sunshine in the east of England today Mr Beard. Definitely one of my all time favourites both illustrator and program, many thanks, great job....👌

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation. And don't get me started about the damn weather...

[@robert4724]

I did not know that Pyle died in his early 50s and yet what an amazing body of work he left behind, and an inspiration to so many other talented illustrators/artists he mentored.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. His career was just 24 years long - an amazing volume of work produced.

[@oxigenarian9763]

What amazes me was his ability to create depth in his works and almost 3-D imagery...

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment.

[@matthieujoly]

Arrived few second after the video been uploaded, and for once, watched it without waiting. Absolutely NO regrets ! What a fantastic artist ! Another one.. thanks so much.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks a lot for your comment.

[@gerardtessers]

His coloured work (specifically the Pirates) I had seen and admired before, but I do not think that I have ever seen his monochrome drawings. Some of them are like photographs, all of them are very delicately made! Thank you, once more!

[@petebeard]

Thanks as usual for your appreciation. It's frustrating that the less than thrilling print quality didn't do them justice in many cases.

[@b.h.bentzman]

Thank you. I was fortunate to grow up with my father's collection of illustrated books, which included Pyles' Merry Adventures of Robin Hood and Book of Pirates.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation and comment.

[@sylvarogre5469]

Pyle is one of my favorites. Growing up, I had a copy of his Robin Hood and at least one of his King Arthur books. Thank you once again for your videos.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation.

[@parry3231]

Magical and beautiful wonderfilled adventures in the process of life with taking the position of a place of humor and over the top heroic expressions of folklore and conquests. Adventures in literature have imprinted a great idea for us in our lives with the remembrance of such artistry and the ability to be a part of this type of tale and imagined world of things unimaginably theatrical and historical fiction in a way that enthralls the imagination. Thanks Pete for taking the time to share this information.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your apprecaition and insightful comments. It's a strange aspect of human nature that we romanticise the past so much. Personally I await (but I'm not holding my breath) foe someone to make a credible film about the Arthurian legend without all that jousting and lady in the lake stuff.

[@parry3231]

@@petebeard I agree totally! I tire of wars and victomhood ! We have been witness to many generations of the same old history of monumental hatreds and injustices that spawn more hostilities etc. Enough of the past hatreds and injustices that are constantly threatening our world everyday. Alot of other things happened in our world and are happening now. Magnificent blessings, fantastic experiences, unimaginably glorious events that are happening with no notice or any kind of joyous jubilation in celebration and delight. We all have many different types of blessings and memories that are important for our enthusiastic and positive attitude of our journey with creative potential and wonderment. Same old same old. Thanks Pete for taking the time and effort to stir up our hearts and minds with each precious post that you offer to us all. The work you share is always a blessing and a great gift for the betterment of our lives in learning and understanding through this creative journey of our past and present masters of their arts. We all deserve a time to enjoy the unique and individual artists that have been presented by your gift for us all in a profoundly generous way. I am blessed by your generosity of heart and wisdom 🥰😍❣️

[@kayerin5749]

I loved Howard Pyle's books, of which we had many, as a child, and he became my standard of what I looked for in book art - art that beautifully told a story, (authentically or not), my favorites being the Robin Hood book, and the Pirates books. I didn't so much care for the stories as the art work, which I would spend hours with imagining my own stories! My mother was an art student before she married and continued to work in various mediums, and largely influenced our taste; I remember discovering N.C. Wyeth and getting some of his illustrated books (The Deer Slayer and The Last of the Mohicans) as presents.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your comment and appreciation. I don't know if you are aware of it but there is a similar video about Wyeth on the channel.

[@Lou.B]

Wonderful treatment of Pyle's talent, teaching, and impacts upon the lives of readers. "Otto of the Silver Hand" was the first book my mother read to me at bedtime, and I transfixed by his words and imagery (and she loved reading it to me!). THANK YOU, Mr. Beard!

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your comment and appreciation. I'm pleased you enjoyed the video.

[@apresmidi153]

One of my favorites! Glad to finally see a video on him! Thanks especially for giving some context to the timelines of these works as I knew many of them but not when in his career they were originally published!

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation. I actually see these videos not as biographies but as the charting of a particular career through the work produced and its development.

[@johnmorgan5495]

thank you Pete, Its always humbling to see the work of these amazing artists

[@benwilkins6208]

Literally was about to look up your channel for the first time in weeks when this popped in my recommended list. Scary synchronicity....

[@petebeard]

I used my superpowers to make that happen.

[@chrisbgifford7387]

I love Howard Pyle's art! Thnks for this lovely visual display.

[@petebeard]

Thanks - your appreciation is most welcome.

[@mikedirle520]

Mr. Beard, This one took quite a while to finish, as I paused to examine so many of his individual works! Such a magnificent education you are offering the world! Bravo! Please don't stop... EVER!!

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks as ever. I'm glad to see this one is doing pretty well in terms of views, and hopefully it will lead to more subscriptions too. I certainly don't intend to stop, but "ever" is a promise I just can't make, unfortunately.

[@secretshaman189]

What a great review of his life work, thanks so much Pete! Your channel is like a beloved art history class --so much better than what I took in college! Loved Howard Pyle's later works, some of his paintings were so dramatic and beautiful. It was great to see how his talent progressed over his life. So interesting to learn he created the "pirate" genre costume (since there was so little reference) that was used repeatedly in the movies.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your ongoing appreciation. I'm glad you enjoyed this look at his life's work.

[@dudleysawer2410]

Thanks Pete. Always surprised how much work these artists produce in a life time

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment and particularly so in Pyle's short (24 years) career.

[@stevenspringer1599]

Thank you - my favorite two artists growing up in the '50s/'60s were Pyle and Frazzetta - hours spent fantasizing the stories behind the paintings.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your favourable comment. Frazetta is on my bucket list too, but there are quite a few others ahead of him in the queue.

[@wynnschaible]

I have loved Pyle's work from the very earliest times that I encountered it. And could one even imagine NC Wyeth without him? Glad that Pyle's pirates have all been collected, must try to find it! Especially in this not-very-visual time of "Jolly Roger Software!"

[@petebeard]

Thanks as usua, and as far as I know the pirate book is still in print.

[@patmcdonagh8939]

What a beautiful film of a wonderful artist, the beach tones in the pirate illustrations made me gasp, thank you so much..

[@petebeard]

Hello again and many thanks for your appreciation of this video and Pyle's remarkable body of work.

[@lostonwallace1396]

Wow, Pete. Another brilliant compilation on one of illustration's spectacular artists! Very impressive!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your ongoing appreciation of the channel.

[@andrewnelson3681]

Thank you Mr Beard. Another superb video. Glorious illustrations which leap off the page and thrill with their drama and life.

[@petebeard]

You are very welcome and thanks a lot for your appreciation.

[@emmahardesty4330]

Big thank you for this. What a delight. Pyle's art...a treat to see so much of it here.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation. There was quite a lot of it I didn't know about before I made the video.

[@andyquinn1125]

Thanks Pete. Well done. I'm lucky enough to have a volume of Pyle's works.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation.

[@ghostdragon9221]

I truly doubt this level of information about these artists are taught in American art School's. Bravo sir. Thank you.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot. It was my own experience teaching illustration at a British university which led me to create the channel.

[@ingmarvanderhoek6314]

Another genius brought rightfully into the spotlight. What a talent in different styles. Too bad a lot of his work suffered from reproduction limitations. Thank you once again!

[@petebeard]

Thanks as usual. And yes, the curse of bad printing hangs over many illustrators from this period. Even some later examples, such as Pulp covers, didn't fare much better.

[@watcher6004]

Just excellent. An artist I've studied since I was a kid. Just found some great art books of his on Amazon and put them in my cart. Thanks for posting this!

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your appreciation. And it makes a change to cover someone by whom there is quite a lot of work in print.

[@dbensdrawinvids8390]

I've been gone for quite a while from this channel in my wanderings around KZbin. So you can imagine my happy surprise to return to see a video on one of my favorites. Thank you sir.

[@petebeard]

Welcome back and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@OkieSketcher1949]

Ah,the Book of Pirates and Robin Hood. Both books were read and shown to me when I was a little kid. Thank you Grandma! I don’t know where those books went after she died but I wish they had come to me. Thank you for this look back.

[@petebeard]

You are welcome as always. Thanks for the comment.

[@TheMarkEH]

Hi Pete, this is a worthy tribute to an outstanding illustrator. Your detailed, insightful and entertaining biographical narrative was perfect, as usual. Thanks for all of your hard work.

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks as ever. Certainly far from perfect, but my best attempt at it.

[@lizparker8431]

Thank you for all the research you must have done to bring his work to us. Much appreciated.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation of the video and my contribution to it. Such comments are always very welcome.

[@sail2byzantium]

Thanks, Pete for this. Pyle is certainly one of the greats in illustration and even as a writer / story teller so the retrospective here is well-deserved. In fact I read the King Arthur series while an undergraduate taking classes in myth and literature and found them very delightful both visually and verbally--even if originally authored for younger readers. Keep up the great work, Pete!

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video. I came to Pyle quite late in life as his books didn't mean a lot in Britain as I grew up, but I admire him greatly now.

[@sail2byzantium]

@@petebeard Yeah, when I discovered Pyle as an undergrad, it was in fact as an art major interested in illustration and loved his work from the start, at least visually before I found out about his literary efforts--both his great pen-and-ink work as inspired by the woodcuts and engravings of Albrecht Durer and his b/w and full-color paintings as illustrations. Thanks again for the excellent overview.

[@wemblyfez]

Thanks for this, Pete, brought back a ton of fond memories from my days in art school. My copy of Pyle's Book of Pirates was well thumbed back then. I'd forgotten he used gouche a lot in his illustrations. Gouche and I never got along, would loved to have learned more about his personal technique of using it. I always admired his use of large, "empty" spaces in his compositions, really heightened the drama to his visual storytelling. A wonderful trip through the past with a master. Thanks again, Pete. Hope spring is budding in your neck of the woods.

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks as ever. From what I can tell it was only the early painted work for the magazines that was gouache. If you look closely at them you can see his very opaque application. The engraving tends to obscure this, and obviously there was a lot of oil on canvas too. Just got back from a walk round our local park with the current Mrs. Beard and the sun was actually shining, and daffodils in abundance. Even I struggle to be grumpy on such a day.

[@wemblyfez]

@@petebeard According to some weather forecasters, our area here in Provence has or will receive a record amount of rain today. Already some fields are flooded. So please send some sunshine if you gave to spare.🌞 Have a good Sunday and best to the missus.

[@lauranceemory4448]

Howard's Book of Pirates was in my 5th grade classroom library (1959). I thought it was fabulous and burned Howard's name into my memory. Great to see some of his other work here. A master

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation.

[@brianwillerton8659]

I see his influence in many that are hailed as masters right up unto this very day...as well as with my own work, he set the standard!

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your comment.

[@JohnInTheShelter]

Will forward to a pro artist friend who worships Pyle. Looking forward to watching, keep up your great work.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for sharing and your appreciation.

[@simonward-horner7605]

Thanks, Pete. A great video about one of the true masters of illustration!

[@petebeard]

Thanks as ever for your comment.

[@bigblue6917]

Thanks for yet another very enjoyable video, Pete. I am fairly familiar with Pyle's work as I have several books on the history of pirates which obviously includes his illustrations. I was struck by the fact that he usually include the pirates wearing red, which I learnt is the colour symbolising power, passion, adventure, and energy, as well as anger, seduction, violence, and danger. Which could be used to sum up pirates and their lives. I did read of one group of pirates who having captured a ship then asked the crew of that ship if they could sell the pirates some hats. Apparently the pirates had lost all of theirs and they were finding working under the hot tropical Sun unbearable. Having bought sufficient hats the pirates then released the ship and its crew and allowed them to carry on with their journey. I wonder what colour Pyle would have used for that.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your continued appreciation - and the comical story. I imagine in actually brown would have been pretty common. Of course it's hard not to blame Pyle for the Pirates of the Caribbean...

[@davidcashin1894]

Pyle and Wyeth have always been favorites of mine. Having grown up in Delware we visitied the Delware Art Museum and the Brandywine River Museum of Art.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment. And pardon me for the shameless plug but there's also a video about Wyeth on the channel, in case you missed it.

[@mijiyoon5575]

Google said *Pyle* is known as the *father of illustration* ... he had an incredible talent for sure ... Thanks *Pete*

[@petebeard]

Thanks as ever for the comment. But just to nitpick I think thats not really accurate as both A. B. Frost and Edwin Austin Abbey (and a couple of other lesser known illustrators) were already quite successful before he came along. But I'm just being pedantic so don't mind me. His achievements speak for themselves.

[@albertcscs]

It's the Father of American Illustration, as the UK was far ahead of the US in the art at the time. As Pete said, Pyle's work was reproduced in monocolor by wood blocks or etchings, while in England. Edmund Evans was making beautiful color books for Crane, Caldecott and Greenaway from their color originals. It was Pyle's students who went on to the modern era of full color photo reproduction shortly after his untimely departure.

[@mijiyoon5575]

@@petebeard I tried to find how his son Sellers died but, nothing turned up. I was just curious about it

[@mijiyoon5575]

@@petebeard Google said it, not me & someone somewhere put it on Google. I take all the internet info w/ a grain of salt

[@petebeard]

@@mijiyoon5575 I hope you didn't think I was being critical of you - like you say it was google who made the statement. I was just being conversational on the subject so my apologies if it came across any other way.

[@brucethompson8504]

Do you take suggestions? If so, let me recommend doing a video on Holling Clancy Holling. He wrote and illustrated children's nature storybooks. Titles include Pagoo (about the life cycle of a hermit crab), Minn Of the Mississippi, Seabird and Paddle To The Sea (about a toy canoe floating down the Mississippi River). They are beautifully illustrated with colorful illustrations, but are especially endearing for all the marginalia line drawings throughout. I recommend getting and viewing the actual books--the images on the internet don't do them justice. Thanks for considering.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for the suggestion of Holling Clancy Holling. I had never heard of him - or his wife Lucille - and I'm very grateful for the introduction to their work. I have a policy of not using books for reference unless I already own them as there would not be room to move if I kept buying more. But having had a quick look I'm confident that both can be featured down the line. It may be that they will feature in unsung heroes if there is not the volume of biography and imagery available. But they will certainly make an appearance and thanks again.

[@TheSanityInspector]

@@petebeard It may be worthwhile to inquire whether your local public library could get copies for you to borrow, through Interlibrary Loan.

[@petebeard]

@@TheSanityInspector Thanks for the suggestion - I'll look into it, although where I am is quite a distance from anything resembling a library.

[@laurabarton9596]

It seems like a lot of research and work goes into the production of these videos. I have learned so much about the artists. I have always loved illustrated books , especially fairy tales and classic stories.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thaks for your appreciation of my efforts.

[@martinhelgren]

I've loved his pirate paintings since I was a little kid. I also loved Hal Foster's Prince Valiant, and it's pretty clear were much of the inspiration for those comics came from. Pyle was a true master.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment. And in case you haven't seen it Hal Foster appears - admittedly briefly - in unsung heroes of illustration 93, also on the channel.

[@squirepegg6157]

Brilliant, Pete! You are SUPER!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation.

[@2011Matz]

Thanks for this great video. Unfortunately, going by the captions on the book pages, it is out of focus.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment. Frequently youtube displays quite badly and I suspect that may be what you encountered. All the images are fine on my display.

[@PeopleMakePictures]

The common theme in your films is that the artists start as unknown, and through constant hard work over the years, they become successful. There is a lesson to be learnt here.

[@petebeard]

Quite so, but the young of the 21st century seem incapable of understanding that, unfortunately

[@user-ks5cg5cd7m]

I love that his is fine art for the masses. What a master!

[@petebeard]

Art for the masses - as good a definition of illustration as Ive heard. Thanks for the comment.

[@davidsparks6146]

What treat this video is... the wall murals intrigue me as I wonder whether they still exist... Pyles work would be a great study for any artist... great job with the research and presentation!!!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. I don't know about the murals, but I can only imagine they must exist, otherwise where did the scans come from? I suspect they will be found at his museum.

[@maxlinder5262]

He Must have been a natural born artist...to know the human body & landscape so well.....very Amazing 😊.... just my opinion

[@petebeard]

... and a sound opinion it is.

[@damogranheart5521]

Years ago, I received a framed Howard Pyle pirate illustration that had been shown in a magazine. You could buy a print or you could buy the print already framed. His mural of The Battle of Nashville was removed from the Governor's reception room by the current governor of Minnesota. He thought that it didn't happen to represent Minnesota. The 9th Minnesota fought in it. The mural has been moved upstairs to what I believe is a conference room. I really can't think of anything nice to say about the governor.

[@petebeard]

Hello again, and words fail me when it comes to morons trying to re-invent the past, or judge it by contemporary thinking. Art is art - and politics isn't.

[@guldenaydin9918]

I learn “a lot” from your channel. Thank you..

[@petebeard]

Hello again and I'm glad you continue to enjoy the content.

[@docloftis]

Your channel is quite enjoyable! I’m always left with the question of and what happened to all the original artwork from these masters you present? Losing that is truly a great loss

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment. And regarding your question it very much depends who you are talking about. Pyle, for instance had left a large volume of original painted work which is on show at various museaums and galleries. The same is true of others in the USA such as Rockwell and Wyeth. But sadly the work of others (and particularly those who created comic art) got destroyed one way or another along the way. Im just grateful for what we have.

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

My Childhood was enhanced by his work!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment.

[@johnchapman23]

Well ,wonderfully educational vidio.I've loved art all my life,Hownever I've never heard of H.P I have now!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and I'm glad to have made the introduction.

[@MrAlliecaulfield]

First book l ever read, because of the illustrations. "King Arthur and the knights of the round table". Amazing artist

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment.

[@MrAlliecaulfield]

Also love your channel. I've learned so much watching.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation. Positive comments are a real tonic.

[@Doo_Doo_Patrol]

Very good. Once, and orthodontists asked me if I had ever heard of Howard Pyle. I think because my last name is similar (Pyne). I believe he was talking about a war correspondent with the same name, though.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment. Who knew dentists were so cultured?

[@michaelpitropov9753]

Great video! I’m curious if you would you be interested in doing a video or series on the training that the illustrators you feature had undergone and the working methods they incorporated in picture making? I think it would be very insightful and interesting to explore.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for the appreciation and suggestion. It's a great idea but there is a major obstacle to this because there is very little available information about both the aspects you mention. I do know that for those who had formal art training at this time and for quite some years to come it was very much art rather than illustration and consisted of large amounts of life and still life drawing and painting. So both technical and classical, much to the annoyance and frustration of some. And I do try to specify working practices and mediumsin the videos when I can find a reliable source, but sadly that's quite infrequent and even on occasion patently not true. So unfortunately I'm unable to make such a video.

[@gillcawthorn7572]

Pyle`s drawings and paintings of contemporary life are fine examples of the costume of the time ,handy for an historian

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment.For similar reasons I recommend the work of the Brock brothers.

[@edwardandezral3c]

Sweet! Thank you!

[@albertcscs]

I enjoy your videos as well.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation.

[@jaybradley9083]

I may be off the mark, but it looks to me that N. C. Wyeth was influenced by Howard Pyle. While I was aware of Pyle, I hadn't really looked at his work. Thank you for showcasing this brilliant illustrator.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment, and you are absolutely right about Wyeth. He was one of Pyle's students and made no secret of his admiration for him and his work.

[@manuelcapela7620]

👍Thank you!🇬🇧🇵🇹

[@petebeard]

You are welcome as always.

[@vmarissav]

esse video chegou em outra lingua nao entendi quase nada mas aos poucos estou aprendendo inglês, grande artista howard pyle amo seus livros 💪🏻

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment.

[@fuzzydragons]

14:19 I've seen that image a lot!! always what I thought pirates looked like as a kid lol

[@petebeard]

Thanks for both your comments on videos. I'm pleased you are watching with such frequency. I try to not blame Pyle for Pirates of the Caribbean.

[@fuzzydragons]

🤣 I try to watch as much as I can, even if its in batches. I like hearing about artists we didnt study in art history, can give me ideas of what i might focus on artistically

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Powerful...thank you, as always, for sharing...and Tranmere Rovers won...😅😅😅😅

[@petebeard]

How do, sir. Thanks as ever and just an aside - I can't hear the words Tranmere Rovers without being transported back to my Mancunian childhood on a Saturday teatime while the old man realised he hadn't won the pools yet again. Accrington Stanley has a similar effect.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@petebeard....spot the ball, and the Liverpool football Echo springs to mind ....😊😊😊5

[@ВячеславЛюбенко]

Thank You 🙏❤️

[@petebeard]

My pleasure.

[@ericsonhazeltine5064]

Such a great illustrator

[@petebeard]

Absolutely.

[@johnmorgan5495]

I wonder what happened to Pyle's house and the murals in it ?

[@albertcscs]

Check out the Brandywine Museum, they have EVERYTHING.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks a lot for your comments.I think the actual house is long gone but as Albert says there's plenty of his work to be seen - if you happen to be near Delaware, that is.

[@natsukashiiohayo1150]

Thank you for creating this wonderful channel. Can you please create a video on John Ward (John Stanton Ward)? He is popularly known for his illustration for Laurie Lee's "Cider with Rosie".

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your appreciation. And I'm sorry but I will have to disappoint you regarding John Stanton Ward. I'm at the mercy of what I can find online, and to make a video such as this iI need a decent amount of biography to work from, and more importantly around 130 good resolution examples of illustration work. In his case there simply isnt enough, and most of it is his art not illustraton. Sorry.

[@natsukashiiohayo1150]

@@petebeard Thanks anyhow.

[@jatontherun]

I own a metal cast figurine of the Flying Dutchman on a deck diorama. The artist created exactly like the painting! Goes back to early 1980

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment. I must see if I can find an example online.

[@T.S.LarkingStudios]

Hello Mr. Beard - I don't know any other way to contact you, but wanted to let you know I would like to share your channel on my social media channels. You've continued to do such a fantastic job, educating and spreading the love of classic illustration; I've always appreciated you. Thank you!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for contacting me. This is the only way we can communicate as I don't have a presence anywhere ese (other than in reality of course). If you mean you are sharing links to the channel content then Im delighted, as that will boost subscriptions and views. But if you mean posting actual videos I have made the opposite would be true, and that I would be unhappy about, to say the least. But as I'm sure you are aware I would be none the wiser if you did so all I can hope is that you don't yield to that temptation.

[@T.S.LarkingStudios]

@@petebeard ​ No videos Sir, just links to your youtube! 😊 I have a deep love of your work - I am an artist that creates work heavily influenced by Art Nouveau and the Golden Age movements. My intention here isn't to promote myself, just you, so I didn't post a link for you to see. Wishing you all the best!!!

[@petebeard]

@@T.S.LarkingStudios Well that's splendid news. And my apologies if my reply sounded paranoid, but I have been pirated in more than one occasion. Thanks a lot.

[@T.S.LarkingStudios]

@@petebeard No worries, I completely understand, I've had work stolen as well. Internet-Wild-West! I hope more come to appreciate your work, and similar; it's desperately needed in this day and age. All my best.

[@petebeard]

@@T.S.LarkingStudios Hello again, and my curiosity gor the better of me and I took a look at your work online. And I'm somewhat lost for words, dumbstruck by the sheer aesthetic beauty and intensity of your images. I can only hope that your commercial success reflects the astonishing quality of your work.

[@squeen0]

Could you please elaborate on what you mean when you said that some of Pyle's (later) pen & ink works were more "gestural". While I understand gesture in sketching, but am wondering if you were using it here as a synonym for less anatomically accurate.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the question, but all I meant was that the more gestural line he was able to use when not restricted by the engraving pocess actually made it more expressive. In that context "gestural" has no connection with realism or otherwise.

[@squeen0]

@@petebeard I understand now. Thank you. You have caused me to consider how the engraving process forces a more orderly hatching pattern. It's particularly noticeable in Pyle's stylistic change across the two mediums/processes. Can you think of another artist who exhibited as dramatic a difference when an engraver was employed? I'd like to see if the theory holds. (Coll? Abbey?)

[@petebeard]

@@squeen0 There are dozens of them worldwide, and too many to list here, although quite a few feature on the channel. Coll isn't among them as he was born later and by the time he was working it was no longer necessary to have the work engraved. But there is Abbey and A. B. Frost.

[@Kojoanna]

He was an amazing person.

[@petebeard]

This is certainly true.

[@dougwatt6303]

Genius! Thank you!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment. Genius is wordI try not to over-use but Pyle was undoubtedly that.

[@bebopkirby]

As usually think of Pyle as the man who influenced NC Wyeth, maybe my favorite illustrator.

[@petebeard]

..and just to plug the channel there's a video about Wyeth too, if you haven't already seen it.

[@kirbywaite1586]

Imagine anyone today even technically capable of producing that level of work. We have lost so much.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment.

[@QPRTokyo]

Thank you.

[@petebeard]

My pleasure.

[@pattheplanter]

Though there is a brief mention of Arthur as living in the 6th century, written in the 9th century, I would say he is mostly the myth that was woven about that brief mention many centuries later. Unless some of those Welsh tales are nucleated around memories of the life of King Caractacus in the first century AD. Son of a man known to the Romans as King of the Britons, of the tribe who defeated Julius Caesar's invasion, Caractacus was a King who defeated neighbouring British kings, ruled from Camulodunum (the only rational candidate for Camelot), fought the invasion of Britain by Claudius for eight years, after a great battle was captured by the treachery of a Queen (who was unfaithful to her husband with her head warrior) and taken alive to an almost mythical place famous for its wonderful apples (Rome). His name survives in Ireland in the forms Carthach and Carthaigh, as in the surnames Carthy, O'Carthy and McCarthy.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the exhaustive response. All I meant was that as a portrayal of 6th century Britain its woefully inaccurate in historical terms. All else is speculation.

[@pattheplanter]

@@petebeard My observations were general, not aimed at your wording. I just like to air my own speculations. If anything, it would mean the usual 12th century setting was even more out of place.

[@petebeard]

@@pattheplanter Sorry if my reply sounded paranoid. I took it upon myself to grab hold of the wrong end of the stick.

[@pattheplanter]

@@petebeardA perfectly normal response to someone going off on (one of) his obsessions and ignoring the subject of the fascinating video.

[@bertassellodavide1297]

Veramente molto bello ❤

[@petebeard]

... E un altro grazie da parte mia per il tuo commento.

[@thaisstone5192]

Quite compelling images. Mind you, not surprised there are very few "authentic" images of pirates and their crews. Doubt if they would have wanted to sit for a portrait, no matter HOW vain they may have been.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment. What little evidence there is indicates they were quite drab and nondescript. Funny how murderous thugs become playtime for children.

[@mijiyoon5575]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@MissMichelsen]

I loved it.

[@petebeard]

I'm pleased to hear that. Thanks.

[@rcmrcm3370]

I have wondered what his work would have looked like if he'd been working with the more advanced publishers in London instead of Philadelphia and New York.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment, and it does seem that reproduction in late Victorian and particularly Edwardian Britain was considerably better than most of the USA.

[@garyfrancis6193]

Pulse hoped for things to be harder for him in Ne York?

[@petebeard]

Sorry - not following the comment.

[@estherbrown4084]

Consider Twilight Land and other books by Howard Pyle, partly because Wikiquote has an entry of him.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment, although I'm not sure what you mean.

[@estherbrown4084]

@@petebeardFor one thing, the Wikiquote entry on Howard Pyle needs expansion with wiki-love.

[@nullifye7816]

Historical accuracy is a strange topic with respect to the King Arthur tales. In the mediaeval period it was common until basically the renaissance that historical stories, including biblical stories, be depicted with the material culture at the time of writing, and all the great Arthurian legends were by and large written and made famous with that depiction. Since it isn't strictly a historical work, I would say it's MORE accurate to the "lore" to depict Arthurian legend with either crusade-era or late-mediaeval accoutrements. I prefer the former since the modern love of plate armour has displaced the Victorian mediaevalism that adored the chainmail-and-tabard aesthetic, which is now severely underappreciated!

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your comment and I fully understand the point you make. Nevertheless I would personally be a lot happier if someone out there would make an attempt (book or film) that deals with Britain in that time frame more realistically.

[@dlschgo]

Wow! His entire body of work should be reproduced using modern printing methods. Perhaps AI could be trained to reproduce it without a single deviation, save for resolution and perhaps colour. His character creation skills were never equaled, in my opinion. Thanks Pete, for showing me what I missed.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. But I must say AI should be kept well away from his (or anybody else's) work based on the examples I've seen. About as convincing as a bad wig.

[@dlschgo]

@@petebeard The trainer controls how it works. It will only be used to do what you tell it to do. But in seconds. Every pixel still his work.

[@petebeard]

I've obviously been looking at the wrong stuff.

[@jillatherton4660]

Good stuff.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot.

[@seaknightvirchow8131]

I have always loved Pile and NC Wyeth’s art. I dislike them being relegated as mere illustrators.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your comment.

[@Jubilo1]

Superb

[@petebeard]

I'm glad you enjoyed his work.

[@patwalter79]

Is not this breathtaking painting 0f 1910 her created for his home an original illustration of Emund Dulac?

[@patwalter79]

i love your video's. I just happen to have a book telling me this is from Edmund Dulac so i wondered. It was no criticism. So i started searching internet myself.. and i have to answer my own question. No it is from Howard Pyle. I found your video's - being an unsuccessful illustrator, i always wonder what it would take to be one...

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment and appreciation. The internet is a great resource but there is also a lot of false information about many things, including illustration. I'm glad you checked and found out the answer.

[@stifledvoice]

Sitting too long in front of the screen watching too much KZbin (not Pete Beard though) can cause any Howard to get the piles.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the gag. You can't beat a good bottom joke.

[@occidentalmartyr]

Maybe a strange comment but I just saw a scam ad on youtube and the voice they used seemed really familiar, then I realized where I’d heard it before, it was your voice. Scammers are using AI to replicate your voice, I thought you should know.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for letting me know that. I'm not sure I understand what a scam ad is but obviously Im not exactly thrilled about it. I dare say there's no way to stop it. And I must say I'm genuinely puzzled - if you're going to replicate somebody's voice why not use somebody famous?

[@occidentalmartyr]

@@petebeard I just mean ads that play before, during or after a youtube video that promote scam products or services with false or exaggerated claims. There’s a whole genre of these ads that try to convince the viewer that whatever they’re promoting is so revolutionary that it’s being suppressed by the the banks/Big Pharma/gas companies or whatever relevant establishment. There’s a subgenre of these ads for medical conditions. Whatever the condition the ads always follow the same pattern. They mention a condition, make a counter intuitive claim, say a doctor has discovered a revolutionary cure and then direct you to a website. In this case the condition was tinnitus. I’m afraid there’s not much that can be done about it. I’ve been reporting these scams to KZbin and that doesn’t help. Celebrity voices also get used sometimes(Elon Musk for Crypto scams) but in this case I think they wanted a voice that sounds authoritative not to impersonate a celebrity. Next time I see the ad I’ll try to record it.

[@bluedragontoybash2463]

The simple works pay for the masterpiece. Sadly the AI is taken over the simple paying jobs now.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment - depressing but undoubtedly true.