Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me

terribly early in the morning on Saturday, the 11th of December 2004 by Anarchy

Chad decided to let me play around with his blog a little. So for my first post… I’ve decided to stick to the theme of this page by sharing an image of my favorite pirate painting.

This painting is entitled "Marooned". It was painted by Howard Pyle (a native of Wilmington, DE) way back in 1909.

Marooned

Many of Howard Pyle’s paintings depict pirates in tattered clothing, eye-patches, bandanas, and earrings… images which are still heavily associated with the subject today. Mr. Pyle is often called the "Father of American Illustration".

For those of you who don’t think that you’ve ever heard of Howard Pyle before… you’d probably be suprised to find that you’re more familiar with his written works. He authored the retelling of many fictional adventures, including:
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (1883)
Men of Iron (1892)
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903)

If anyone is interested, you can still check out some of his work at the Delaware Art Museum and the Brandywine River Museum.