How Pyle Taught Art

A first-hand view from N.C. Wyeth

When N.C. Wyeth joined Howard Pyle’s class in October, 1902, it was the meeting of two colossal image-makers: one young and raw and unformed, and the other seasoned, urbane, and experienced.

Illustration by N.C. Wyeth

Illustrator and historian Henry C. Pitz described what it was like in Pyle’s composition class.

“The intoxication was shared by even the le…