Frank E. Schoonover: American Visions - Exhibition Video

November 10, 2018 through May 27, 2019
This exhibit is made possible in part by generous support from Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, The Sordoni Foundation, Inc, and Bonhams.
For more information, visit:
www.nrm.org/schoonover
www.frankschoonover.org
Frank E. Schoonover’s (1877-1972) legendary adventure paintings were inspired by the belief that artists should live what they paint-an adage often repeated by his noted teacher, illustrator Howard Pyle, and absorbed by his fellow student and friend, N.C. Wyeth. This exhibition will explore the breadth of this important Golden Age artist’s career, beginning with Schoonover’s art school experiences as a student in Pyle’s classes at the newly founded Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry in Philadelphia, beginning in 1896, and his time at the Chadds Ford Summer School in 1899, where he honed his skills among other gifted Pyle pupils. The artist’s historical book illustrations and dramatically staged adventure paintings will illuminate the depth of his own wanderlust. Schoonover made daring excursions to Canada and Alaska-during one such trip, in 1903, he traveled 1,200 miles almost entirely by snowshoe, dogsled, and canoe.
The exhibition will feature Schoonover’s paintings for such classic stories as Kidnapped, Robinson Crusoe, Swiss Family Robinson, and Ivanhoe, as well as illustrations for the novels of Zane Grey, which included Open Range, Avalanche, Rustlers of Silver Ridge, and Valley of Wild Horses, among others. During his long career, he illustrated more than two hundred books, and created memorable portrayals of Clarence Edward Mulford’s Hopalong Cassidy to the delight of the character’s many ardent fans. Schoonover’s long teaching career will also be examined, as will his role in establishing the Delaware Art Museum and obtaining seminal Pyle works for its collection. Eighty original paintings, drawings, and studies will be on view, as will archival photographs and examples of the artist’s daybooks and personal effects.

[@lindaheath784]

What an artist! ,I think the art work in books encouraged kids to read.

[@TerryTerryTerry]

Beautiful works. Amazing red bow tie. Interesting characters.

[@JohnLee-mk1tj]

Remarkable paintings and incredible artists!!!!

[@gabyroberts9601]

Thank you very much

[@russg13]

Excellent!

[@lindaheath784]

Enjoyed this video.

[@gersondelimadacosta4160]

Alguem poderia me doar algum livro de Frank Schoonover? Moro no Brasil e não tenho condições de adquirir. Pode ser usado. Grato . Gosto muito desse ilustrador e quero estudar sua obra.

[@spunkybuddy]

This is really good. Is there any way you can go back in and edit out the nose hair sticking out of John Schoonover's nose (he 's the grandson)? It's really distracting.

[@lindaheath784]

Can't believe illustrator s aren't considered artists. .

[@michael4250]

talking heads instead of art...showing you their faces rather than the artist's work. What is wrong with these priorities?

[@c7261]

Great artist. Why the creepy nationalism? Before anything Schoonover was an individual. Please reel in the Americana praise. It's very distracting for international viewers and reads like Mao's Little Red Book (especially as people the world over are under no allusions as to the inter-generational misery that has always propped up the US). Schoonover was great at documenting this multifaceted nature of the country and should be respected as such.

[@philanthropicnightmare1206]

speaking on the impact that the American (and Canadian) wilderness had on Schoonover, as well as acknowledging his era of art as something that contributed to America as a country isn't nationalism... Also, comparing this with Mao's little red book?