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See also: American artist and writer,
was See also: born at See also: Wilmington, See also: Delaware, on the 5th of See also: March 1853
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He was a pupil of the
See also: Art Students' See also: League, New See also: York, and first attracted See also: attention by his See also: line drawings after the manner of Albrecht Diirer
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His brilliant See also: work as an illustrator made him one of the foremost of American artists, his drawings to illustrate American colonial See also: life, particularly in New See also: England and New See also: Amsterdam, being especially noteworthy; and he published a number of books of fiction, written and illustrated by himself
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He also became prominent in decorative See also: painting, his See also: works including " The See also: Battle of See also: Nashville " for the capitol at St See also: Paul, See also: Minnesota, and " The Landing of See also: Carteret " for the See also: Essex county See also: court See also: house, Newark, New See also: Jersey
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At his home in Wilmington, Delaware, he established a school of art, instruction being gratuitous, and many successful American illustrators were educated there
.
In 1907 See also: Howard See also: Pyle was elected a member of the See also: National See also: Academy of Design
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