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'''Howard Pyle''' was born in Wilmington [[Delaware]] in 1853. Pyle wrote ''The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinhamshire''. This, his most famous work, is about the legendary [[outlaw]], [[Robin Hood]], and his band.
'''Howard Pyle''' (1853-1911) was an American author and illustrator. Pyle wrote ''The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire''. This, his most famous work, is about the legendary [[outlaw]], [[Robin Hood]], and his band.
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==Life and works==
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Pyle was born March 5, 1853, in Wilmington, [[Delaware]].<ref>https://www.biography.com/people/howard-pyle-9449021</ref> He had a happy childhood and married, but his son died at age 7.<ref>http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Howard_Pyle</ref> He illustrated dynamic scenes very different from traditional ones, and shared his artistic talent at the Drexel Institute of Fine Arts.<ref>http://www.bpib.com/pyle.htm</ref> He founded an illustration school there, which made him famous and the father of American illustration.<ref>https://americanillustration.org/project/howard-pyle/</ref> He later undertook various attempts at mural paintings.<ref>"Pyle, Howard." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref>
He died November 9, 1911.
==See also==
*[[Albrecht Durer]]
==References==
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