C. Yarnall Abbott
{{Short description|American photographer and painter}}
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| birth_name = Charles Yarnall Abbott
| birth_date = {{birth date|1870|09|23}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1938|06|24|1870|09|23}}
| death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| known_for = Photography, painting
| education = Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Académie Colarossi
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| alma_mater = {{nowrap|University of Pennsylvania Law School}}
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Charles Yarnall Abbott (September 23, 1870{{snd}}June 24, 1938) was an American photographer and painter.
Early life
Charles Yarnall Abbott was born on September 23, 1870, in Philadelphia, to Sarah (Yarnall) and William Holloway Abbott, an attorney.{{Cite book|title=National Cyclopedia of American Biography|publisher=James T. White & Company|year=1967|volume=38|page=59|oclc=1036783488|orig-date=1953}}Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer, [https://archive.org/details/philadelphiahist04ober Philadelphia: A History of the City and Its People] (Clarke, 1912), pp. 134-135. Accessed at Archive.org, 25 July 2014. He grew up in Philadelphia. He originally went to college to study law. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1892. He was a lawyer for ten years before becoming an artist.{{cite web |title=The Artists post 1911 |url=http://www.rosevalleymuseum.org/artistspost1911.html |work=The Artists |publisher=Rose Valley Museum & Historical Society |accessdate=7 December 2013}}
Mid-life and career
Abbott became interested in the arts while working as a lawyer. First, he gained interest in photography, followed by an interest for painting. He quit working in law and went to study painting. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, training under Thomas Anshutz. He relocated to Paris, France. He studied at the Académie Colarossi. There, he trained under Raphael Collin and Gustave Courtois. He returned from Paris and moved to Rose Valley, Pennsylvania. He married Elenore Abbott in 1898. Abbott fathered one child with Elenore, Marjorie (1907-?).
Some of Abbott's pictures appeared in Camera Work.Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work. The Complete Photographs, Köln, Taschen Bibliotheca Universalis, 2015, {{ISBN|9783836544078}}
The couple relocated to Philadelphia in 1913. Abbott also worked in Rockport, Massachusetts. He co-founded the Rockport Art Association. Starting in 1916, his work was featured in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, until he died.
Later life and legacy
He served as president of the Philadelphia Sketch Club and the Philadelphia Art Alliance. His work was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and Corcoran Gallery. He lectured and wrote about art appreciation. His work was published in Encyclopædia Britannica. Abbott also was a playwright. He died in 1938.{{cite web |title=Yarnall (Yarnell) Abbott (1870–1938) |url=http://www.askart.com/askart/a/yarnall_abbott/yarnall_abbott.aspx |publisher=AskArt |accessdate=7 December 2013}} His work is held in the collections of the National Media Museum,{{cite web |title=The Annunciation |url=http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/collection/photography/royalphotographicsociety/collectionitem.aspx?id=2003-5001/2/14998 |work=The Royal Photographic Society |publisher=National Media Museum |accessdate=7 December 2013}} the Art Gallery of New South Wales{{cite web |title=Illustration for 'Trelawney' |url=http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/20.1977/ |work=Collection |publisher=Art Gallery of New South Wales |accessdate=7 December 2013}} and the National Gallery of Canada.{{cite web |title=C. Yarnall Abbott |url=http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=4 |work=Collections |publisher=National Gallery of Canada |accessdate=7 December 2013}}
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Category:19th-century American painters
Category:19th-century American photographers
Category:19th-century American male artists
Category:20th-century American painters
Category:20th-century American photographers
Category:Académie Colarossi alumni
Category:American expatriates in France
Category:American male painters
Category:Artists from Philadelphia
Category:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni