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 "The Death of Mercutio - Act III, Scene I, Romeo and Juliet 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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.jpg "Goneril and Regan, King Lear, Act I, Scene I 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 "Sheet of Sketches: Two Nude Females, Profile of a Man, Figure Seated in an Interior 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 "Unidentified Scene, from Hamlet or Macbeth? by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1357466).jpg "Study for Twelfth Night (?) 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1338277).jpg "Study of an Angel by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "The Duke 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 "Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the Lady Anne by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_Highland_Town_-_(MeisterDrucke-1336921).jpg "Bourg & Bribun Cliffs, Mull 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 "Joseph of Arimathea, Figure Study by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Mary, the Wife of Cleophas, Study for The Three Marys 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 "Fishmonger, Costume Sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1339553).jpg "Study of an Angel by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1338380).jpg "Study for Twelfth Night (?) 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 "The Shipwreck, illustration for Act I, Scene i, The Tempest by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Who Is Sylvia? What Is She, That All the Swains Commend Her?, c.1896-99 by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1337430).jpg "Early Studies for Taming of the Shrew (?) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study for Mural at the State Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Scene. Hamlet? by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Three Figures and Horses by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Troilus and Cressida: Before Agamemnon by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study of Ophelia, for The Play Scene in Hamlet, Act III, Scene II by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_Man_viewing_a_painting_(verso)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1336036).jpg "Civil War Sketch (recto); Man Viewing a Painting (verso) 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 "The King to the Prince of Wales 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 "Study of man in XV century costume, possibly a caricature of the period by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for Figure of 3 PM by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for Figure of Dr. Benjamin Rush 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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.jpg "Norfolk, Costume Sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Enter Mrs. Hardcastle & Maid, study for Oliver Goldsmith 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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.jpg "Figure Study for King Arthur by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Juliet in Hall, from Romeo and Juliet by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Fools, Costume Sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Joseph of Arimathea, Figure Study by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch for King John, from King John 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-1347804).jpg "Costume Study for Two Gentlemen of Verona by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study of Hamlet, for The Play Scene in Hamlet, Act III, Scene II by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Compositional Study for An Attention 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1335868).jpg "Study of a Bearded Man (Shakespeare) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for Figure of 3 PM by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1334397).jpg "Court Scene (Act II, Scene II, King Lear?) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "The Play Scene in Hamlet, Act III, Scene II by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Nude Male Figure Study, Life Class by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_or_Franklin()_for_mural_at_the_state_capitol_buil_-_(MeisterDrucke-1339162).jpg "Study for the figure of Penn or Franklin for mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (completed by John Singer Sargent) 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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_Sketch_of_one_foot_(verso)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1340196).jpg "Sketch of Three Feet (recto); Sketch of One Foot (verso) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Architectural Study: Hall Farm by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Juliet by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of an Elderly Woman in Rocking Chair, Reading by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "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 "Sketch of a Woman in Pink - Costume Study for a Play? by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "A Measure 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 "Jester and Woman, Sketch for The Daffodil Song by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of a Young Man by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Left profile head of man, for Coronation of Edward VII 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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.jpg "A Lady, Costume Sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Willoughby, costume sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Cafe Scene 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 Young Man in Profile; Sketch of Two Sets of Hands in Prayer by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Hamlet by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1358587).jpg "Study for Priest and the Great Lady by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "King Lear, Act I, Scene I, Cordelia")
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.jpg "Linen Costume, Baker Costume, Gentleman: Costume Sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Duke Frederick 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1359063).jpg "Man and Woman Under a Tree 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 "Three men in a dry-goods store - country store, Dolbyville 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 "Two Female Figures in Cloister, from The Cloister by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of an allegorical female figure for mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (completed by John Singer Sargent) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for Figure of 8 PM 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 "Gardener, costume sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study of Ophelia, for The Play Scene, Hamlet, Act III, Scene II by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for Trial of Queen Katherine. Coat of arms on back. 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 "First Apparition: Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! beware Macduff., Act IV, Scene 1, Macbeth by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Interior Study: Rothenburg by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Dogberry and His Companions with a Watch - Act III, Scene III, Much Ado About Nothing by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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