Howard Little was an American artist. A native of North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

, he spent the last year of his life in Geneva

Geneva

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Switzerland

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Born in Pinehurst, North Carolina

Pinehurst, North Carolina

Pinehurst is a village in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 9,706 at the 2000 census. It is the location of the Pinehurst Resort, venue of the 1936 PGA Championship, the 1951 Ryder Cup. The host site for the 1999, 2005,& 2014 U.S. Open Golf Championships, the 2008 U.S....

, raised in Southern Pines

Southern Pines, North Carolina

Southern Pines is a town in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 10,918 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Southern Pines is located at ....

, and an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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, Little took up drawing at 18. In 1884 he began teaching illustration, and after 1897 founded a school, where his students included F.G. Stevenson.

His 1883 classic The Dance of the Damned remains in print to this day, and his other books, frequently with fiery depictions of Hell

Hell

In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...

, included a four-volume set on the Devil

Devil

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