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Frank Schoonover

Frank Earle Schoonover.jpg

Born Frank Earle Schoonover

August 19, 1877

Oxford, New Jersey, United States

Died September 1, 1972[1]

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Nationality American

Known for Illustrator

Frank Earle Schoonover (August 19, 1877 – September 1, 1972) was an American illustrator, born in New Jersey, who worked in Wilmington, Delaware. A member of the Brandywine School, he was a contributing illustrator to magazines, photography, and created more than 5,000 paintings. His career spanned over sixty years and it encompasses approximately 2,200 illustrations for over 130 books and many of the popular magazines and periodicals of the day.^[1] In total, Schoonover created more than two thousand five hundred works, primarily illustrations for magazine and books but also landscapes, portraits, murals, book plates, sculpture, and stained-glass windows.^[2]

Contents

1 Early life

2 Career

4 Death

5 Alvin York painting

6 See also

7 References

8 Sources

9 External links

Early life

Frank Earle Schoonover was born on August 19, 1877 in Oxford, New Jersey. Schoonover was the son of Colonel John Schoonover and Elizabeth LaBarre Schoonover. He first studied at Trenton Model School in 1896 and was an honor student as well. Upon graduation he considered the Presbyterian ministry, however, a Philadelphia Inquirer advertisement for illustration classes steered him to Drexel Institute in Philadelphia. He applied and was accepted into Howard Pyle's Brandy Wine school for aspiring illustrators. Here he studied under Pyle alongside other aspiring artists and, as a result, became a devoted adherent to his teacher's belief that "an artist should live what he paints."^[1] Pyle recognized Schoonover's exceptional talent in both 1898 and 1899. This recognition was the reason Schoonover was awarded one of only ten scholarships at Pyle's Chadds Ford summer school only after two years of studying under the artist. This opportunity enabled the young artist to move to Wilmington. Here Schoonover continued his studies with Pyle at his studio on Franklin Street. This launched Schoonover's career with a commission of four illustrations in the book, A Jersey Boy in the Revolution. ^[3]

Career

Schoonover then traveled to locations such as the Hudson Bay, Canada, and Alaska to live out the belief that "an artist should live what he draws". This method enabled Schoonover to attempt to accurately portray the living conditions of those he painted. Over the years, a number of his paintings were based on those excursions; one example of this is when Schoonover traveled out West to live with the Blackfeet Indians and painted them as they lived. Schoonover also used photography as source material for his artwork.

His career spanned over sixty years and it encompassed approximately 2,200 illustrations for over 130 books and many of the popular magazines and periodicals of the day. Among these magazines and periodicals were; The Saturday Evening Post, Harper's , Scribner's, Outing American Boy Magazine, Ladies' Home Journal, and Collier's, among others. Schoonover was a prolific contributor to books and magazines during the early twentieth century, the so-called "Golden Age of Illustration", he illustrated stories as diverse as Clarence Mulford's Hopalong Cassidy stories and Edgar Rice Burroughs's A Princess of Mars. In 1918 and 1919, he produced a series of paintings along with Gayle Porter Hoskins illustrating the American forces in the First World War for a series of souvenir prints published in the Ladies Home Journal.[2] In addition, he completed over three hundred landscapes of the Brandywine and Delaware river valleys primarily after the mid-1930s. During his career he illustrated more than 200 classic books, and with classmate Hoskins he organized the Wilmington Sketch Club in 1925 and formed his own art school in 1942, teaching until he was 91 years of age in 1968. The Wilmington Sketch Club eventually developed into what is known as the Delaware Art Museum of which Schoonover was one of the original founders.^[1]

Schoonover also built his own studio in Wilmington, Delaware in 1906 on North Rodney Street. The studio and Schoonover served the artistic community as a place to work and teach throughout his career. He taught classes there for children and adults starting in the 1940s up until his death in 1972. The studio remains an active space for artists today and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ^[4]

As part of his work at the Delaware Art Museum, Schoonover, chaired the fundraising committee charged with acquiring works by Howard Pyle. In his later years he restored paintings including some by Pyle and turned to easel paintings of the Brandywine and Delaware landscapes.

Toward the end of the 1930s, Schoonover decided to dedicate his artistic efforts to the landscape of his youth, especially Pike County, where he spent so many summer at the family Bushkill house. Schoonover painted actively until the late sixties and by then he was honored by a retrospective at the Delaware Art Museum, and been conferred an Honorary Masters of Art Degree by the University of Delaware. Schoonover also found time to conduct art classes at his studio for about thirty years and by the time of his seat, the Delaware Press had acknowledged him as "The Dean of Delaware."^[5]

Personal Life

Schoonover married Martha Culbertson in 1911 and had a son named Cortlandt Schoonover and a daughter named Elizabeth Schoonover.^[5] Frank spent time taking photographs of friends, family, and children. He often used them all as models for source material.^[4]

Death[edit]

Schoonover died on September 1, 1972 in Wilmington, Delaware, at 95.[2][3]

Alvin York painting

Schoonover's painting of Alvin York

Schoonover’s name received national attention in 2011 when his painting of World War I hero Alvin C. York was returned to York’s home state of Tennessee. Businessman and philanthropist Allan Jones of Cleveland, Tennessee purchased the painting on Veteran’s Day from the Blakeslee Gallery in Wellington, Florida.[4]

Jones said, "When I learned that Mr. Blakeslee would consider selling the painting to the right buyer, I felt it was essential to bring this piece back to its rightful home in Tennessee and have the painting here on Veterans Day 11-11-11."[5]

Prior to being acquired by Jones, the painting was on loan to the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum.

Hopalong Takes Command, 1905. Oil on canvas

Cover illustration of Edgar Rice Burroughs's A Princess of Mars, 1917

Cover of Blackbeard, Buccaneer, 1922

Hans Brinker