Green Strip

Green Strip
Green Strip

Green Strip

Date1903-1905
Artist (American illustrator, 1853–1911)
MediumOil on canvas glued to plywood
Dimensions66 × 4 1/4 in. (167.6 × 10.8 cm)
support: 71 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (181 × 26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Louisa du Pont Copeland, 1923
Object number1998-204
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThis is one of nine mural panels completed by Howard Pyle between 1903 and 1907 for his Wilmington home at 907 Delaware Avenue. After the turn of the century, Pyle - although he continued to publish numerous illustrations - was increasingly dissatisfied with the direction of American illustration and decided to seek mural commissions. After winning three such commissions, he traveled to Italy to study Renaissance murals. He died there in 1911.

The two large panels depict the Genius of Art and the Genius of Literature, representing Pyle's conviction that the two arts are linked.

Shepherd and Girl
Howard Pyle
1903-1905
Genius of Art
Howard Pyle
1903-1905
Genius of Literature
Howard Pyle
1903-1905
Flowering Tree (horizontal)
Howard Pyle
1903-1905
Young Flowering Trees
Howard Pyle
1903-1905
Genius of Music
Howard Pyle
1903-1905
Genius of Drama
Howard Pyle
1903-1905
Flowering Tree
Howard Pyle
1903-1905
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