Edwin Austin Abbey, born in Philadelphia on April 1, 1852, was an artist whose career unfolds before us like a colorful painting. His artistic development began with simple illustrations for magazines such as Harper's Weekly and Scribner's Magazine. His creative line was influenced by European black and white art, and his skills grew visibly as he illustrated the works of Charles Dickens, Robert Herrick, and Oliver Goldsmith. With these works, Abbey proved that he was as skilled with a pen as other artists were with a brush.
In 1878, at the request of his employers, Abbey moved to England to illustrate the poetry of Robert Herrick. His illustrations were so successful that he eventually settled in England. In 1883, he was elected to the prestigious Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colors. It was around this time that Abbey began to become known for his paintings as well. His watercolor "The Evil Eye" and other works such as "The Rose in October," "An Old Song," "The Visitors," and "The Jongleur" have lost none of their original magic to this day. Abbey also created wonderful pastels such as "Beatrice," "Phyllis," and "Two Noble Kinsmen," which demonstrate his extraordinary ability to master the gentle tones of this technique. Abbey first showcased his skills with oils in 1890 with his painting "A May Day Morn." His participation in the Royal Academy in London marked an important milestone in his career. Equally notable was his commission of the painting for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1901, which earned him well-deserved recognition.
The 1890s took Abbey to the Boston Public Library, where he created an impressive series of murals. The series, depicting "The Quest and Attainment of the Holy Grail," was a massive undertaking that took Abbey eleven years to complete in his English studio. It was a true masterpiece that continues to impress visitors to the library today with its ingenuity and perfect craftsmanship. An art print of one of his works from this series would certainly enhance any home or office. Another project Abbey undertook was the creation of a series of murals and artwork for the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This ambitious project, begun in 1908, presented the ultimate challenge to his artistic abilities. Unfortunately, his health deteriorated at this time and he was unable to complete all of the works himself. Edwin Austin Abbey left an impressive artistic legacy. His works are exhibited in many prestigious museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Although Abbey is no longer with us, his presence remains in the masterpieces he left behind. He is proof that true art can transcend time and space, touching the hearts and souls of people long after the artist's death.
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.jpg "Who Is Sylvia What Is She, That All the Swains Commend Her by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Titania, illustration for Act II, Scene ii, A Midsummer Night by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sheet of Sketches: Two Nude Females, Profile of a Man, Figure Seated in an Interior by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Olivia and Viola, Illustration for Act I, Scene V, Twelfth Night by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_industrial_interior_-_(MeisterDrucke-1338489).jpg "Sketch of Continental Iron Works (industrial interior) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_in_-_(MeisterDrucke-1359093).jpg "Study for the Figure of 4 am(?) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1338380).jpg "Study for Twelfth Night (?) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "The Death of Mercutio - Act III, Scene I, Romeo and Juliet by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1333544).jpg "Sketch of a Male Nude by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Coronation of Edward VII Portrait: George Wyndham Kennion, Bishop of Bath & Wells by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of Benjamin Franklin for the murals at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (completed by John Singer Sargent) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_in_-_(MeisterDrucke-1334539).jpg "Study for Figure of 11 pm(?) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Goneril and Regan in King Lear Act I Scene I by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Hermia in the Wood, illustration for Act III, Scene ii, A Midsummer Night by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1338277).jpg "Study of an Angel by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "King Lear, Act I, Scene I by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Fishmonger, Costume Sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Hamlet by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Goneril and Regan, King Lear, Act I, Scene I by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "O Mistress Mine, Where Are You Roaming, 1899 c1940 by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "King Lear, Act I, Scene I, Cordelia")
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.jpg "Duke Frederick by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Joseph of Arimathea, Figure Study by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Brutus and the Ghost of Julius Caesar by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Woman Seated Beneath a Tree, Reading by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1348065).jpg "Three Men, study for Taming of the Shrew (?) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Near Lyndhurst, August 1871 by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Slender by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1334389).jpg "Sketch of Figures Around a Table - Unidentified Illustration for a Play? by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1357466).jpg "Study for Twelfth Night (?) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1350184).jpg "Portrait of an Older Woman (Unidentified Sitter) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Iago, from Othello by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "The Letter. Unpublished Pen Drawing, 1890, 1923 by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "The Good-Natured Man: Miss Richland and the Bailiff by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "John of Gaunt, costume sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1334662).jpg "Portrait of a Young Mrs. Abbey by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for The Hours, House of Representatives Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Men at an Anvil, Study for The Spirit of Vulcan by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Nude Male Figure Study, Life Class by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Miranda and Ferdinand, illustration for Act V, Scene i, The Tempest by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Ferdinand Meets Miranda, illustration for Act III, Scene i, The Tempest by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Apprentice Goldsmith, Costume Sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Bianca and Lucentio, from Act III, Scene I, Taming of the Shrew by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Unidentified Scene, from Hamlet or Macbeth? by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Two Figures Praying: Study by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Coronation of Edward VII Portrait: Princess Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "The Duke Expels Valentine, from Act III, Scene I, Two Gentlemen of Verona by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of a Young Girl in Pinafore by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Mariana and Boy Singing - Act III, Scene I, Measure for Measure by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_Enter_Theseus_from_-_(MeisterDrucke-1336814).jpg "Marriage Morning of Theseus and Hippolyta (detail) - Enter Theseus, from A Midsummer Night by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1333760).jpg "Study of Seated Women (Mrs. Abbey?) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1335897).jpg "Two Figures - Unidentified Illustration by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch of a Tree by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Northumberland - Tabard, Costume Sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Brighton in the Time of Our Grandfathers, the Pavilion, Steyne, and Promenade by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch of a Landscape with Tree, Fence and Female Figure by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketches of Trees by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Two Female Figures in Cloister, from The Cloister by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Scene. Hamlet? by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1335868).jpg "Study of a Bearded Man (Shakespeare) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for the figure of Sir Walter Raleigh by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of Figure Scene in Seventeenth Century Dutch Costume, Possibly New Amsterdam by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch of Three Men, from Merchant of Venice by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Dogberry by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1340115).jpg "Study for Priest and the Great Lady by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Standing Figure of a Friar, study for mural by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Desdemona and Emilia - Act IV, Scene III, Othello by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Unidentified Man in a Red Robe, Costume Sketch for King Richard II by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch of a Hand by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Architectural Study: Hall Farm by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_(oil_painting)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1334057).jpg "Study for Columbus in the New World (oil painting) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch of Two Hands, Clasped in Prayer by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of a Woman by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(unidentified_illustration)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1335786).jpg "Figures Walking Among Old Ruins by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "The Duke by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sewart to Gaoler, Costume Sketch for King Richard II by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Fair is my Love by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Two Men Conversing in an Interior - Unidentified Illustration by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Coronation of Edward VII Portrait: Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Prince of Morocco by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Jaquenetta, from Act I, Scene ii, Love")
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.jpg "The Banquet, Illustration for Act III, Scene III, The Tempest by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Men in Rowboat Fleeing Indians on Shore - Unidentified Illustration (Columbus Discovering New World?) - Explorers Landing in the New World by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of Figure of 6 PM, for The Hours Mural at the State Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Woman Seated in Classical Garb: Study by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_from_-_(MeisterDrucke-1335996).jpg "Figure Study for Sir Lancelot and Sir Bors Outfit Galahad with His Spurs, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (second of a series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_Unidentified_illustration_of_boy_at_easel_in_i_-_(MeisterDrucke-1334664).jpg "Four Boys Playing Marbles (Recto); Unidentified Illustration of Boy at Easel in Interior (Verso) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for Figure of 3 PM by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch of a Woman, Stooped and Praying by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch of Four Men in Medieval Dress at a Table - Unidentified Illustration by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1339647).jpg "Study for King Henry IV (Part II) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_Composition_studies_for_a_play_()_(verso)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1335558).jpg "Sketch of a Hand (recto); Composition Studies for a Play (verso) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch of a Young Man in Profile; Sketch of Two Sets of Hands in Prayer by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Ursula by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1334068).jpg "Unidentified Shakespeare scene (two men) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sadler")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1366566).jpg "Man in Renaissance costume by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Drapery Study by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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