Gallery of the Masters 
Edwin Austin Abbey
1852-1911-America/Muralist.
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Brief Biography-Edwin Austin Abbey was from Philadelphia, where he started work as an illustrator for magazines. In 1871, he moved to New York, where he did illustrations for several best-seller books. In 1783, he settled permanently in England and became a member of the Royal Academy, receiving a commission to paint the King Edward Coronation. One of his associates was John Singer Sargent. Some of his later works included murals for the Pennsylvania State Capitol. It was during his work on these murals that he died in 1911. John Singer Sargent completed one of his paintings. |
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Castle
of Maidens
The Apotheosis
of Pennsylvania
Cordelia's
Farewell
The Quest and
Achievement-
On a Park
Bench
Desdemona
The
Bridge
May Day
Morning
In The
Woods
Galahad
Receiving
Potpourri
Queen
in Hamlet
The Penance
of Eleanor-
Richard Duke
of Gloucester-
The Play Scene
in Hamlet
Sir Galahad
Discovering-
