Annie E. Hoyle

Annie E. Hoyle
Hoyle, from an 1891 newspaper
Born
Annie Elizabeth Criswell

(1848-04-29)April 29, 1848
near Charles Town, Virginia, U.S.
DiedMarch 7, 1931(1931-03-07) (aged 82)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
OccupationBotanical illustrator

Annie Elizabeth Criswell Hoyle (April 29, 1848 – March 7, 1931)[1] was an artist from West Virginia who worked in the United States Forest Service from 1907 until 1930.[2][3] She illustrated The Pine Trees of the Rocky Mountain Region by botanist George Sudworth.[2]

Early life and education

Hoyle's illustration of lemonade berry (Rhus integrifolia)

Annie Elizabeth Criswell was born on a farm near Charles Town, Virginia,[2][3] the daughter of F. Thomas Criswell and Marie (or Moriah) Scott Criswell. She attended Louden Park Seminary in Maryland,[4] and the Rouzee School of Fine Arts in Washington, D.C.. She pursued further study under George H. Story at the National Academy of Design.[2][3] She also studied at the Julien School in Paris, with Henry Mosler, and anatomical drawing in London at the Royal College of Surgeons. She also studied with Jerome Phillips Uhl.[4]

Hoyle studied plant morphology and botany at the US National Museum of Natural History and at the Bureau of Plant Industry, under Joseph Painter and Ivar Tidestrom.[5]

Career

Hoyle painted portraits,[6][7] sculpted decorative medallions,[8] and taught art from her studio in Washington.[4] In 1891 she was described as "among the best known of the women artists of the city."[9] She spoke on "Art in Paris" at a 1900 meeting of the League of American Pen Women.[10]

Hoyle started working for the Forest Service in 1907,[4] the year her husband died,[11] when she was 49 years old.[2] She created over 160 drawings of range plants for the Division of Range Research.[2] She illustrated two textbooks by Arthur W. Sampson, Range and Pasture Management and Native American Forage Plants, and The Pine Trees of the Rocky Mountain Region by George Sudworth. She requested five extensions of time upon reaching retirement age.[12] She finally retired on August 31, 1930, at the age of 80.[2][4]

Personal life

Criswell married James Lawrence Hoyle in 1868, in Washington D.C. They had four children. Her daughter Gertie died as a young child.[13] Her husband died in 1907,[11] and she died in 1931, at the age of 82, in Washington, D.C.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ Hoyle's birth and death dates from her gravestone, which match those in her death certificate and the Washington D.C. Deaths and Burials Index, via Ancestry.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "USFS History: Annie E. Hoyle". Forest History Society. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  3. 1 2 3 "Annie E. Hoyle". DSI - Database of Scientific Illustrators. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Daytonius (1930-09-02). "Annie E. Hoyle Retires". Service Bulletin. 14 (35): 7–8.
  5. ↑ Allen, Wren M. (2016-05-24). "Intrepid Women: Annie E. Hoyle". Wrenaissance Art. Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  6. ↑ "Works of Artists on View". Evening Star. 1900-06-02. p. 11. Retrieved 2026-05-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "By Washington Artists; Some Notable Pictures in the Exhibition at Veerhoff's". The Sunday Herald. 1891-11-08. p. 9. Retrieved 2026-05-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Untitled brief item". The Washington Post. 1891-10-25. p. 10. Retrieved 2026-05-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Echoes from Studios; Artists Preparing for the Coming Watercolor Exhibition". The Washington Post. 1891-11-22. p. 10. Retrieved 2026-05-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "The League of American Pen Women". The Editor. 11 (6): 211. June 1900.
  11. 1 2 "James L. Hoyle (death notice)". Evening star. 1907-10-22. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-05-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Personals". The Forest Worker. 6 (5): 23. September 1930.
  13. ↑ "Hoyle". National Republican. 1873-02-07. p. 3. Retrieved 2026-05-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Death of Annie E. Hoyle". The Official Record, United States Department of Agriculture. 10 (14): 108. April 4, 1931.
  15. ↑ "Hoyle Funeral Held". Evening star. 1931-03-12. p. 9. Retrieved 2026-05-10 – via Newspapers.com.
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