Frank E. Schoonover: An Artist for All Seasons

November 22, 2008 – February 1, 2009

Frank E. Schoonover was a prolific American illustrator during the “Golden Age of Illustration,” the early 20th century.  This overview of his extensive career is mounted to celebrate the publication of a catalogue raisonné of the illustrator’s work, published by Oak Knoll Press and the Frank E. Schoonover Fund, Inc.  The exhibition features works from private collections. Pieces by Schoonover from the Delaware Art Museum's collection will be on view in additional galleries.

The Delaware Art Museum is one of the few museums in the country with a major collection of American illustration, so visitors to Frank E. Schoonover: An Artist for All Seasons will be able to view his work in context with illustrations by his teacher, Howard Pyle, and his peers.

Schoonover at Bushkill, 1917

Chief of the Kootenais, 1927, from “Red Crow’s Brother,” by James Willard Schultz, in The American Boy, November 1927. Frank E. Schoonover (1877-1972). Oil on canvas, 36 inches x 26 inches. Lent from the collection of Phyllis and Norman Aerenson, 2008.

Boy and Flamingo, 1921, from The Swiss Family Robinson, by David Wyss (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1921).

The Fairy Book, 1922, from The Fairy Book, by Dinah Maria Mulock (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922). Frank E. Schoonover (1877-1972). Oil on linen canvas, 36 inches x 28 inches. Lent from the collection of Don and Martha DeWees, 2008.