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Edwin Austin Abbey (April 1, 1852 – August 1, 1911) was an American artist, illustrator, and painter.
Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911).
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] His most famous work, The Quest of the Holy Grail, resides in the Boston Public Library.
Biography
Abbey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1852.
He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Christian Schuessele. Abbey began as an illustrator, producing numerous illustrations and sketches for such magazines as Harper's Weekly and Scribner's Magazine.
His illustrations began appearing in Harper's Weekly at an early age: before Abbey was twenty years old.
Although the life of Mexican artist Abraham Ángel was brief, he left a collection of twenty-four paintings that documented a modernizing.Abbey was an illustrator with Harper's Weekly from 1871-1874. He moved to England in 1878 where he was made a full member of the Royal Academy in 1898. In 190