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Edwin Austin Abbey
American, 1852–1911
Edwin Austin Abbey was an American Impressionism painter. 8 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art, most of them oil paintings. Edwin Austin Abbey was born in Philadelphia.
Edwin Austin Abbey (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. His most famous set of murals, The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, adorns the Boston Central Library.
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