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Edwin Austin Abbey

1852 - 1911

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Edwin Austin Abbey (April 1, 1852 – August 1, 1911) 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. His most famous set of murals, The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, adorns the Boston Central Library. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin Austin Abbey is the 1,528th most popular painter (down from 1,436th in 2019), the 5,979th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,840th in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, Edwin Austin Abbey ranks 1,528 out of 2,023. Before him are Slava Raškaj, Hieronymus Cock, André Gill, Austin Osman Spare, Yun Shouping, and David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl. After him are Apollinary Vasnetsov, Godfried Schalcken, Pieter Boel, Vladimir Baranov-Rossine, Giusto de' Menabuoi, and Jacques d'Arthois.

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Among people born in 1852, Edwin Austin Abbey ranks 87. Before him are Meijer de Haan, Eilif Peterssen, Vasily Safonov, Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, William Burnside, and Kristján Jónsson. After him are Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, Hans Huber, Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Simo Matavulj. Among people deceased in 1911, Edwin Austin Abbey ranks 70. Before him are Anton Josef Gruscha, Ernst Brenner, Carl Fredrik Hill, W. S. Gilbert, Pedro Paterno, and Gustaf Fröding. After him are José López Domínguez, Kanno Sugako, John Douglas, Dragan Tsankov, Mirza Alakbar Sabir, and Antonio Fogazzaro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin Austin Abbey ranks 5,979 out of 20,380. Before him are Leo Sexton (1909), Lew Ayres (1908), Earl Hines (1903), James Arness (1923), Olivia Rodrigo (2003), and Leigh Brackett (1915). After him are Dina Meyer (1968), Julianna Margulies (1966), Pete Rose (1941), William Henry Conley (1840), Garry Shandling (1949), and Frankie Avalon (1940).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Edwin Austin Abbey ranks 68. Before him are Charles Demuth (1883), Robert Ryman (1930), Kenneth Noland (1924), George Segal (1924), Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930), and Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847). After him are Chuck Close (1940), Robert Henri (1865), Haddon Sundblom (1899), Joan Mitchell (1925), Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837), and Ellsworth Kelly (1923).

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