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| Edwin Austin Abbey
American 1852 -1911
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| Born: |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Studied: |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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| Examples of Work: |
Boston Public Library
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Capetown Museum, South Africa
Liverpool Museum, England
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| Specialty: |
Illustrator
Muralist
Painter
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| Style/School: |
Naturalism
Art Nouveau
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| Subjects Known For: |
English History
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| Memberships: |
National Academy of Design ANA 1901; NA 1902
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| BIOGRAPHY: |
Edwin Abbey, born in 1852 in Philadelphia, was a self-taught illustrator and muralist. He gained hands-on experience by working at a wood engraver's shop, emerging as an artist during the "Golden Age if Illustration" in the last half of the nineteenth century. Abbey studied briefly at the Penns...
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