Romance of the Sea

Captain Kidd, 1907 by Howard Pyle.

Pyle was better known as an illustrator and this comes from the Book of Pirates, which he also wrote.

Starkist

The Mermaid, 1910 by Howard Pyle, The Delaware Museum of Art.

This was the painting Pyle was working on when he sailed for Italy to study mural painting by studying the Italian Renaissance masters. He died while in Italy.

Drawing History

 Divine Law by Violet Oakley, The Pennsylvania Capital Murals, Harrisburg, 1906.

 Violet Oakley was the first woman to receive a major mural commission in the United States when she received the commission for the murals at the Pennsylvania State Capital in 1902.  She studied at the Art Students League and with the great illustrator Howard Pyle. She began her career as an illustrator which served her well in the stories she told with her narrative murals.

Portrait of Violet Oakley by Edith Emerson, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia.