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The
Great Illustrators: Part II Frank
Schoonover (1877-1972) studied with Howard Pyle at the Drexel
Institute and later in Chadds Ford, PA.
Like both Pyle and Wyeth, he
remained in the Brandywine Valley, producing stained glass
windows as well as the many illustrations for which he is best
known. Charlotte
Harding (1873-1951) was a product of the Philadelphia School of
Design for Women, and she also studied with Howard Pyle, both at
Drexel and at the Academy of Fine Arts.
She shared a studio with Alice Barber Stephens in
Philadelphia. In the early twentieth century quirkier artists like Oliver Hereford and C. Coles Phillips enter the arena of illustration. Hereford, who produced such titles as Excuse It, Please and New Waggings of Old Tales, employed a decided satirical approach to his writing and illustration. In the book displayed here architect B. G. Goodhue supplied the medievalized border decorations. C. Coles Phillips (1880-1927) relied upon fashionable young women for his illustrations, but he added a twist which allowed parts of the figure to fade away into the background – thus, the Fadeaway Girl became popular for both magazine covers and book illustrations.
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Ellen
Glasgow. The
Deliverance.
New
York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1904. Illustrated
by: Frank E. Schoonover (1877 – 1972) Gift of: The John Livezey Fund |
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Frontispiece Eva
March Tappan. Robin
Hood: His Book.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1903. Illustrated
by: Charlotte Harding (1873-1951) Gift of: Evan Hopkins Turner |
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Eva
March Tappan. Robin
Hood: His Book.
Illustrated
by: Charlotte Harding (1873 – 1951) Gift of: Evan Hopkins Turner |
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Oliver
Herford. An
Alphabet of Celebrities.
Illustrated
by: Oliver Herford (1863 – 1935). Border
decorations by: Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (1867-1924) [chiefly
known as an architect] Cover
Design by: E. B. Bird [Elisha Brown Bird, 1867-1943] Gift of: Evan Hopkins Turner |
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“Q
Is for the Queen” Oliver
Herford. An
Alphabet of Celebrities.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1900. Illustrated
by: Oliver Herford (1863 – 1935). Border decorations
by: Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (1867 – 1924) [chiefly known as an
architect] Cover
Design by: E.B. Bird [Elisha Brown Bird, 1867 – 1943. Gift of: Evan Hopkins Turner |
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Gertrude
Atherton. The
Gorgeous Isle.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908. Illustrated
by: C. Coles Phillips (1880 – 1927) Gift
of: The John Livezey Fund |
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Frontispiece (Featuring
his trademark “Fadeaway” or “Meltaway” Girl) Gertrude
Atherton. The
Gorgeous Isle.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908. Illustrated
by: C. Coles Phillips (1880 – 1927) Gift of: The John Livezey Fund |
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Mary
Cholmondeley. The
Hand on the Latch. Cover Design by: Theodore B. Hapgood |
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