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Battle Of Bunker Hill by Howard Pyle ca. 1897 Delaware Art Museum Wilmington, DE | Pyle, Howard | ||
Daniel Webster (Black Dan) by Francis Alexander c.1835 Delaware Art Museum Wilmington, DE | Alexander, Francis | ||
Imaginary Landscape by Asher Brown Durand ca. 1850. Delaware Art Museum Wilmington, DE | Durand, Asher Brown | ||
Marooned by Howard Pyle 1909 Delaware Art Museum Wilmington, DE | Pyle, Howard | Pyles ability to tell a story within the confines of a canvas is nowhere more evident than in this deceptively simple painting, Marooned. Pirate communities were primarily cooperative and democratic, not a bunch of lawless desperadoes. Marooning was an acceptable punishment for a member of the crew who had violated the pirates code. The searing heat... | |
Morning (Musicians) by Thomas Wilmer Dewing 1879. Delaware Art Museum Wilmington, DE | Dewing, Thomas Wilmer | Description: The scene depicts two young women seated along the edge of a fountain, long trumpets raised to their mouths to signal dawn's arrival as the sun begin to rise on the horizon, tinging the clouds with pale pink. Seated opposite the women are two hounds, one brown and one white, each with its nose pointed toward the women as they listen to... | |
The Attack Upon The Chew House by Howard Pyle 1898 Delaware Art Museum Wilmington, DE | Pyle, Howard | ||
The Buccaneer Was A Picturesque Fellow by Howard Pyle 1905 Delaware Art Museum Wilmington, DE | Pyle, Howard | ||
The Mermaid by Howard Pyle 1910 Delaware Art Museum Wilmington, DE | Pyle, Howard | Beneath the deepening sky and rising moon, the juncture of opposing forces anchors this work: land vs. waterhuman vs. mermaidstrong vs. weak. The mythic mermaid rises from the briny foam and rescues a shipwrecked man who was descending into the deep. When Howard Pyle set off on his extended European travels in November 1910, The Mermaid was still on... |
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