Brandywine School

An illustration from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates (1903) exemplifies the "Brandywine School" style.

The Brandywine School was a style of illustration—as well as an artists colony in Wilmington, Delaware and in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, near the Brandywine River—both founded by artist Howard Pyle (1853–1911) at the end of the 19th century.[1] The works produced there were widely published in adventure novels, magazines, and romances in the early 20th century. Pyle’s teachings would influence such notable illustrators as N.C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, Harvey Dunn, and Norman Rockwell.[2] Pyle himself would come to be known as the "Father of American Illustration."[3] Many works related to the Brandywine School may be seen at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, in Chadds Ford.

  1. ^ "A Summer Idyll:  Landscapes from the Brandywine Valley". www.tfaoi.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007.
  2. ^ says, Everet Adams (July 20, 2016). "Gallery from the Archive: The Brandywine School". The Saturday Evening Post.
  3. ^ "Howard Pyle and the Brandywine School | American Illustrators Gallery".