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 "Iago, from Othello by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1338380).jpg "Study for Twelfth Night (?) 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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_in_-_(MeisterDrucke-1359093).jpg "Study for the Figure of 4 am(?) 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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.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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.jpg "Fishmonger, Costume Sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for Allegorical Figure of Law, Rondel in the Rotunda of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building, Harrisburg, 1902-1911 by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Autolycus, Illustration to Ballads and Ballad Music Illustrating Shakespeare by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Ventidius Enters in Triumph, the Dead Body of Pacorus Borne Before Him, Act III, Scene I, Antony and Cleopatra by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Don John 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 "The Vicar, from The Quiet Life by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sadler")
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.jpg "Sketch of an Exterior: Garden, Wall and Large Victorian House 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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_costume_sketch_for_Henry_Irving_-_(MeisterDrucke-1357566).jpg "Richard II (in Black), Costume Sketch for Henry Irving 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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_sketch_for_The_Lay_of_the_Lobster_-_(MeisterDrucke-1338361).jpg "Screaming Woman (study for .3439), sketch for The Lay of the Lobster by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_Figure_Studies_and_Portrait_of_A_S_Wi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1347598).jpg "Three Sketches of a Man with a Gun (recto); Figure Studies and Portrait of A. S. Wina (?) (verso) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch for Ex Libris: M.G. & E.A. Abbey by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Near Lyndhurst, August 1871 by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_from_The_Quest_of_the_Holy_Grail_(first_o_-_(MeisterDrucke-1338956).jpg "Figure study for the Infant Galahad, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (first of a series of fifteen murals for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) 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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.jpg "Duke Frederick 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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.jpg "Compositional Study for The Play Scene in Hamlet, Act III, Scene II by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "King Lear, Act I, Scene I by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Compositional Study for Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the Lady Anne 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 "Study of Peer for Coronation of Edward VII by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Henry and Anne Boleyn. King Henry by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Man and Woman in Rowboat, Near Riverbank 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 "Bolingbroke, Costume Sketch for King Richard II by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Galahad at Castle (study) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for one of the murals from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) 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 for The Departure, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of Halberdier, from King Richard III by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_cemetery()_-_(MeisterDrucke-1345877).jpg "Overgrown Garden or Cemetery by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Leonine by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of Two Figures, from Love 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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.jpg "Titania, illustration for Act II, Scene ii, A Midsummer Night by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Troilus and Cressida: Before Agamemnon by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Juggler and Gent, costume sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-1332847).jpg "Group of Figures - (unidentified illustration) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for Puck, from A Midsummer Night")
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.jpg "Study for Forge of Vulcan; Three Miners- Steelworkers by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Orlando and Adam, Illustration for Act II, Scene iv, As You Like It by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch of a Young Tree, a Field 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1362697).jpg "Study for The Education of Isabella by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of Street Scene, Man at Door, Woman in Red Dress by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Bishop of Carlisle, costume sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Seated Lady, Sketch for an Unidentified Shakespeare Play by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Landscape with field, horizon, sky by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for Measure for Measure: Woman in Renaissance costume by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_from_The_Quest_of_the_Holy_Grail_(a_-_(MeisterDrucke-1340030).jpg "Figure Study for the Castle of the Maidens, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
_from_The_Quest_of_the_Holy_Grail_(a_-_(MeisterDrucke-1340030).jpg)
_-_mural_decoration_at_State_Capitol_building_i_-_(MeisterDrucke-1334337).jpg "Figure Study for The Hours (3 pm) - Mural Decoration at State Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (completed by John Singer Sargent) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study, for The Apotheosis of Pennsylvania, House of Representatives Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Lord Ross, costume sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1333544).jpg "Sketch of a Male Nude by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1338624).jpg "Study for The Scarlet Letter by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Gardener, Costume Sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1332853).jpg "Study for Twelfth Night (?) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure in bed, man entering room - unidentified illustration by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_costume_sketch_for_Henry_Irving_-_(MeisterDrucke-1347450).jpg "Salisbury (armed), Costume Sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Jester, costume sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Rosalind by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_Three_Figure_Studies_-_(MeisterDrucke-1358759).jpg "Unidentified Illustration of a Man Hoeing a Garden (recto); Three Figure Studies (verso) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Landscape, Marsh and Bridge by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study for Castle of the Grail, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for the Figure of Captain Peter Minuit by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1334459).jpg "Sketch of a man - costume study for La Tosca by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Early study for Stony Ground 1884, interior with figures by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Man in Rain, Study for Illustration by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for The Spirit of Vulcan, Genius of the Workers in Iron and Steel, Capitol Rotunda, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Lucentio 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 "Rosalind by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Unidentified Figure Study for Mural Project at the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building, Harrisburg, 1902-1911 by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure study by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for Dull, from Love by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_in_-_(MeisterDrucke-1332410).jpg "Figure Study for the Figure of Fame(?) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Miscellaneous Study, Costume Sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study, for The Apotheosis of Pennsylvania, House of Representatives Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch of a woman - costume study for a play? by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_in_-_(MeisterDrucke-1347413).jpg "Study for Figure of 5 am(?) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1339693).jpg "Preliminary Study for Othello (?) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Gloster 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 Soldier (sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sir John Falstaff with His Page, King Henry IV, Part II, Act I, Scene II 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 "Sketch for a Greeting Card: A Happy New Year; Study of a Man Reading a Sign by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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