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See also:ABBEY, See also:EDWIN See also:AUSTIN (1852– ) , See also:American painter, was See also:born at See also:Philadelphia, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 1st of See also:April 1852. He See also:left the See also:schools of the Pennsylvania See also:Academy of See also:Fine Arts at the See also:age of nineteen to enter the See also:art See also:department of the See also:publishing See also:house of Harper & See also:Brothers in New See also:York, where, in See also:company with such men as See also:Howard See also:Pyle, See also:Charles See also:Stanley See also:Reinhart, See also:Joseph See also:Pennell and See also:Alfred See also:Parsons, he became very successful as an illustrator. In 1878 he was sent by the Harpers to See also:England to gather material for illustrations of the poems of See also:Robert See also:Herrick. These, published in 1882, attracted much See also:attention, and were followed by illustrations for See also:Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer (1887), for a See also:volume of Old Songs (1889), and for the comedies (and a few of the tragedies) of See also:Shakespeare. His See also:water-See also:colours and pastels were no less successful than the earlier illustrations in See also:pen and See also:ink. Abbey now became closely identified with the art See also:life of England, and was elected to the Royal See also:Institute of Painters in Water-Colours in 1883. Among his water-colours are " The Evil See also:Eye " (1877); " The See also:Rose in See also:October" (1879); " An Old See also:Song " (1886); " The Visitors " (189o), and " The Jongleur " (1892). Possibly his best known pastels are " See also:Beatrice, " " Phyllis," and " Two See also:Noble Kinsmen." In 1890 he made his first See also:appearance with an oil See also:painting, " A May See also:Day Morn," at the Royal Academy in See also:London. He exhibited " See also:Richard See also:duke of See also:Gloucester and the See also:Lady See also:Anne " at the Royal Academy in 1896, and in that See also:year was elected A.R.A., becoming a full R.A. in 1898. Apart from his other paintings, See also:special mention must be made of the large frescoes entitled " The Quest of the See also:Holy See also:Grail," in the See also:Boston Public Library, on which he was occupied for some years; and in 1901 he was commissioned by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Edward VII. to paint a picture of the See also:coronation, containing many portraits elaborately grouped. The dramatic subjects, and the brilliant colouring of his oil pictures, gave them pronounced individuality among the See also:works of contemporary painters. Abbey became a member not only of the Royal Academy, but also of the See also:National Academy of See also:Design of New York, and honorary member of the Royal Bavarian Society, the Societe Nationale See also:des See also:Beaux Arts (See also:Paris), the American Water-See also:Colour Society, etc. He received first class See also:gold medals at the See also:International Art See also:Exhibition of See also:Vienna in 1898, at Philadelphia in 1898, at the Paris Exhibitions of 1889 and 1900, and at See also:Berlin in 1903; and was made a See also:chevalier of the See also:French See also:Legion of See also:Honour.
End of Article: ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )
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