Hamadryads at the Dawning by Alexander Abdo, 1824-1883 (original) (raw)

Hamadryads at the Dawning

Alexander Abdo

Oil on panel

Signed and dated 1908

14 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches, 37.4 x 31 centimetres

Alexander Abdo painted fantasies and symbolic and romantic landscapes. He studied art privately and exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, the London Salon, and the Royal Cambrian Academy (Fairy Folk in Fairy Land).

Bibliography

Nahum, Peter. Fairy Folk in Fairy Land. London: Peter Naham at Leicester Galleries, 1997. Catalogue number 6.

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Last modified 6 August 2001