The Storyteller’s Art: Reimagining America through Illustration

September 7, 2011 – December 2012

In preparation for the Museum’s signature Centennial exhibition, Howard Pyle: American Master Rediscovered, the Museum’s illustration galleries (The Peggy H. Woolard Howard Pyle Galleries, and the Sue Ann and John L. Weinberg Gallery) were redesigned to incorporate innovative interpretive techniques. With new and never-before-seen works by Pyle and other prominent American illustrators, added seating, and interactive activities, the installation will become a favorite for visitors of all ages. The new works are arranged in the following thematic groupings:

Gallery 4 displays a selection of Pyle’s paintings in color.
Gallery 5 features some of Pyle’s black and white works.
Gallery 6 presents diverse illustrators’ views of American history. Works by Pyle and others convey the artists’ sense of national identity and memory, their reactions to current events, and their interpretations of history and politics.
Gallery 7 focuses on the lighter side of America’s past, including turn-of-the-century leisure activities as illustrated by various artists.

The Coming Tide, 1909
Howard Pyle (1853-1911)
Oil on canvas, 28 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches
Bequest of Hazel Hyde Rumford, 1961



*A Wolf Had Not Been Seen at Salem for Thirty Years,* 1909 Howard Pyle (1853-1911) Oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches Delaware Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1912	*At the Sign of the Automobile,* 1908 Thomas Guernsey Moore Gouache on illustration board, 26 x 19 inches Acquisition Fund, 1990



*So the Treasure Was Divided,* 1905 Howard Pyle (1853-1911) Oil on canvas, 19 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches Delaware Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1912

Organizer & Sponsors

The Storyteller’s Art: Reimagining America through Illustration was organized by the Delaware Art Museum.

This exhibition is made possible, in part, by grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.

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