Howard Pyle, a chronicle by Charles D. Abbott, with an introduction by N. C. Wyeth and many illustrations from Howard Pyle's works.

HOWARD PYLE: A CHRONICLE
not only be able to pay their expenses of studio rent but even
to provide their living expenses as well.. *.I
By March 1 7, his plans were well developed. On that
day he wrote to Edward Penfield: " 6.. My final aim
in teaching will not be essentially the production of illustrators of books, but rather the production of pitrs of
pictures. For I believe that the painters of true American
Art are yet to be produced. Such men as Winslow Homer
and Fuller in figure painting, and a group of landscape
painters headed by George Inness as yet are almost the only
occupants of the field. To this end I regard magazine and
book illustration as a ground from which to produce
painters.,.*
"My plan of teaching, as it grows in my mind, is somewhat as follows: the students who come to me will be
supposed to have studied drawing and painting as taught
in the schools. My first obj ect shall be to teach them to
paint the draped and costumed model so that it shall possess
the essentials of a practical picture. To teach this requires
considerable knowledge not usually possessed by the artistteachers in the schools, and this knowledge I feel myself
competent to impart. I believe I am not devoid of a sense
of color and I trust I will be able so to instruct the pupil
as to preserve whatever color talent he may possess.
"My experience is that within a year of such teaching
the pupil will be sufficiently grounded in a practical knowledge of painting to be able to embark upon illustrative
work.
"I shall make it a requisite that the pupils whom I choose
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