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Edwin Austin Abbey 1979 Hall of Fame Inductee Edwin Austin Abbey was that rare union of “fun and purpose.” He was cherished by the many organizations that called him “fellow.” Those who called him “friend” included the most renowned artists, sculptors and authors of his day. But his artwork was his purpose. He illustrated with crisp pen lines, painted with shadowy, mysterious tones and he designed decorative and architecturally sound murals. Every endeavor of his career was totally absorbing of his energy but was executed with grace and humor. Howard Pyle described his contemporary as a “chipper, jocund little fellow, with a merry twinkle in his eyes and a laugh that meant business.”

“Ned” Abbey was born in Philadelphia on April 1, 1852. His poor but cultured parents encouraged his artistic talents as he apprenticed to landscape artist Isaac Williams and engravers Van Ingen and Snyder. At the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1868–1871) he studied what he called “the science of constructive drawing.” Throughout his career he was a believer in drawing from life and spent hour

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Edwin Austin Abbey

American painter who also worked in London

Edwin Austin AbbeyRA (April 1, 1852 – August 1, 1911) was an American muralist, illustrator, and painter. He flourished at the beginning of what is now referred to as the "golden age" of illustration, and is best known for his drawings and paintings of Shakespearean and Victorian subjects, as well as for his painting of Edward VII's coronation.^[1]^[2]^[3] His most famous set of murals, The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, adorns the Boston Public Library.

Early life and education

Abbey was born in Philadelphia, on April 1, 1852, to commercialbroker William Maxwell Abbey and Margery Ann Kiple.^[4]^[5]

He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia^[6] under Christian Schuessele.

Career

Abbey began as an illustrator, producing numerous illustrations and sketches magazines, including Harper's Weekly (1871–1874) and Scribner's Magazine. His illustrations began appearing in Harper'

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Dirge of the Three Queens, 1895

Edwin Austin Abbey (1852 – 1911)

Edwin Austin Abbey was essentially the last in the line of American artists-including Benjamin West, Mather Brown, John Singleton Copley, and Washington Allston-who went to England to pursue history painting and worked their way up the professional ladder to receive the highest honors at the English court. The path he took, however, was distinctly different from his artistic forebears.

Abbey didn’t start to paint in oil until he was 40 years of age. Before that time, he had distinguished himself as an illustrator, becoming one of that field’s most celebrated talents at a time when the publishing industry and its use of commercial illustration rapidly ascended to prominence. Born in Philadelphia, Abbey first studied art at the age of fourteen, when he took lessons from Isaac L. Williams, a local portrait and landscape painter. Two years later, he entered the publishing firm of Van Ingen & Snyder, for whom he worked as an apprentice draftsman, and enrolled in night classes at the P