How can I find the museums that have the series of pirate paintings by Howard Pyle?

Hi bamamaninla-ga,

Thanks for your question.

You asked how to find the pirate paintings, but I assume that you'd
like the actual museums as well.

Biographical information, dealers, books, as well as museum
information can be found at AskArt.  I've listed the museum
information that I've found a bit further down, but you might wish to
visit the site itself.

AskArt
http://www.askart.com/theartist.asp?id=22603

Another site that listed some museums was:

Artcyclopedia
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/pyle_howard.html

The Brandywine River Museum is holding an exhibit on Pyle until
9/2/02.  Information and images can be found below:

Brandywine River Museum
U.S. Route 1 and PA Route 100
P.O. Box 141, Chadds Ford, PA 19317
(610) 388-2700
http://www.brandywinemuseum.org/collect.html#Illustrations
email: inquiries@brandywine.org

Delaware Art Museum   
2301 Kentmere Parkway 
Wilmington , DE    19806   
302-571-9590   
http://www.delart.org/Collection/illustration.htm

This museum's site indicates it has 48 of Pyle's paintings

The National Museum of American Illustration   
Vernon Court
492 Bellevue Avenue 
Newport , RI    02840   
401-851-8949   
http://www.americanillustration.org/index2.html
email: art@americanillustration.org

Other museums include (some of their sites are searchable--if they
were, I noted what they had; others are not and you may wish to
contact them):

Arizona State University Art Museum
Nelson Fine Arts Center 
Box 872911 
Tempe , AZ    85281 
480-965-2873 
http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/home.html
email: asuartmuseum@asu.edu 

The university has an archival collection of Pyle's works.
http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/
480-965-4932
email: archives@mainex1.asu.edu

The University of Arizona Museum of Art
Speedway & Park Avenue 
Box 210002 
Tucson , AZ    85721-0002 
520-621-7567 
http://artmuseum.arizona.edu/
email:Dr. Peter S. Briggs, Chief Curator:psbriggs@u.arizona.edu

Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street 
Box 208271 
New Haven , CT    06520-8271  
203-432-0600 
http://www.yale.edu/artgallery 

The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road 
Sarasota , FL    34243   
941-359-7500   
http://www.ringling.org/pages/a_main_frame.html
email: info@ringling.org

Smith College Museum of Art   
Elm Street at Bedford Terrace 
Northampton , MA    01063   
413-585-2760   
http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/collections/americanset.htm
(only one painting "Two Men of Antiquity")

Farnsworth Art Museum   
356 Main StreetBox 466 
Rockland , ME    04841-9975  
207-596-6457   
http://www.farnsworthmuseum.org/
email: farnsworth@midcoast.com 

Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art
Cornell University 
Ithaca , NY    14853   
607-255-6464   
http://www.museum.cornell.edu/
email: museum@cornell.edu

New York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street 
New York , NY    10024   
212-873-3400   
http://www.nyhistory.org/

They have two Pyles in their catalog: "A Privateersman Ashore" and
"Hamilton Addressing the Mob"

Gilcrease Museum   
1400 Gilcrease Museum Road 
Tulsa , OK    74127-2100   
918-596-2700   
http://www.gilcrease.org/index2.html

Philadelphia Museum of Art   
26th St & Benjamin Franklyn Parkway
P.O. Box 7646 
Philadelphia , PA    19130   
215-763-8100   
http://www.philamuseum.org/

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Institute   
4400 Forbes Avenue 
Pittsburgh , PA    15213-4080   
412-622-3131   
http://www.cmoa.org/

The National Museum of American Illustration   
Vernon Court
492 Bellevue Avenue 
Newport , RI    02840   
401-851-8949   
http://www.americanillustration.org/index2.html

Free Library Of Philadelphia 
Rare Book Department   
1901 Vine Street 
Philadelphia , PA    19103-1189   
215-686-5368   
http://www.library.phila.gov/

I would highly suggest contacting these museums ahead of time. They
may have sold, bought, or lent paintings and drawings.

Information about Pyle can also be found at these sites:

Howard Pyle Biography
http://www.bpib.com/pyle.htm

Howard Pyle Biography
http://www.illustration-house.com/bios/pyle_bio.html

Beej's Pirate Images
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/pirates/#pyle

"Museum Showcases the All-American Art of Illustration," by Michelle
LeBeau, Goleta Valley Voice
http://www.goletavalleyvoice.com/cgi-bin/entertain/readarticle.cgi?article=44

Search strategy:
AskArt and Artcyclopedia (was familiar with already)
Google search:
"Howard Pyle"
"Howard Pyle" pirates
"Howard Pyle" pirates museums
"Howard Pyle" exhibits

I hope this helps!

Regards,
luciaphile-ga

This is the first time that I have used this service... absoloutely fantastic!
Thanks!