Edwin Austin Abbey
American illustrator and painter (1852-1911) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 59
Edwin Austin Abbey 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.
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Edwin Austin Abbey, an 1888 illustration by John Singer Sargent now housed at the Yale University Art Gallery
King Lear, Act I, Scene I (1897-98) now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lunette and medallion murals (1908-11) at the Pennsylvania State Capitol Rotunda. Left to right: The Spirit of Vulcan, Science, The Spirit of Religious Liberty, Art, The Spirit of Light.
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His most famous set of murals, The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, adorns the Boston Central Library.
