Author: Ankele, Denise

Binding: Kindle Edition

Format: Kindle eBook

Release Date: 02-06-2012

Details: EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY Art Book contains 140+ Reproductions of paintings, watercolors, pen & ink illustrations with title, date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).
(Complete pen & ink drawings from Abbey's 'Old Songs' series of books and many more.)
BORN: April 1, 1852 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DIED: August 1, 1911 in London, England.

MOVEMENT: Golden Age Illustrator & Muralist

INTERESTING FACTS:
§ In 1869, Abbey studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
§ In 1871, he went to New York to work for the publishing house of Harper & Brothers for production in their ‘weekly.’
§ In 1876, he made pen-and-ink illustrations for Dicken‘s ‘Christmas Stories’
§ In 1878, Abbey traveled to England with a commission by Harpers to illustrate Robert Herrick’s poems.
§ From 1890-1901, he painted his most ambitious work, a mural for the delivery room of the public library in Boston, Massachusetts.
§ In 1898, Abbey was elected a full member of the Royal Academy.

NOTABLE WORKS:
A May-Day Morning, Fiammetta’s Song, The Bridge, The Trial of Queen Katherine, The Penance of Eleanor, Mural for the Boston Public Library.

Languages: English