paintings and a biography. AskART Robert Abbett biography A large version of the 1962 painting by Robert Abbett for the Ace Book Earth Abides Painting for the 1969 cover of The Convenient Marriage, by Georgette Heyer. This page has an interview/biography of Robert K. Abbett that talks about his career as a book illustrator. 1926 births 2015 deaths 20th-century American painters 20th-century American male artists American male painters 21st-century American painters 21st-century American male artists American illustrators People from Hammond, Indiana Purdue University alumni University of Missouri alumni People from Bridgewater, Connecticut