Howard Pyle invited Hoskins to study at Pyle's school in Wilmington in 1907. Hoskins studied there until 1910 under Pyle and later under Frank Schoonover. He became a nationally known illustrator by 1918 publishing in Harper's Weekly, Good Housekeeping, Liberty, Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, and other magazines.[1][3]
Hoskins married his first wife, Kathleen, in 1909. After a divorce, he married Alene Rollo on May 14, 1925.[2] The couple moved into 1616 Rodney Street, a building of four combined art studios and apartments, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
For financial reasons he began working for pulp magazines after the Crash of 1929. His illustrations appeared on the covers of Western Story, Complete Stories, Top-Notch, Sure-Fire Western, Super Western, and Western Trails. After 1938 he stopped publishing in the pulps, preferring portraits and historical subjects instead.[3]
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Ladies Home Journal Magazine Cover January 1919 <actual hard copy of magazine>