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 The Parrish House - Maxfield Parrish Biography
Maxfield Parrish (1870 - 1966) was an American painter and illustrator.
Parrish was famous for the dazzlingly luminous colors that marked much of his artwork; the shade “Parrish blue” was coined in acknowledgement.
Maxfield Parrish was the most popular American artist from the turn of the century until Norman Rockwell succeeded him in the 1940’s.
http://www.parrish-house.com   (335 words)

  
 CGFA- Bio: Maxfield Parrish
Maxfield Parrish was one of America's most beloved artists working during the "Golden Age of American Illustration." He achieved incredible artistic renown and critical acclaim during his lifetime and has continued to interest new audiences ever since.
Consequently, Maxfield Parrish was the single most popular American artist of the early decades of the 20th century.
Parrish took an immediate interest in Leighton's art, his lifestyle, and theshaped Parrish's artistic vision, and most certainly contributed to the creation of his curious blend of naturalism, fantasy and romanticism.
http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/parrish/parrish_bio.htm   (932 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maxfield Parrish (July 25, 1870 - March 30, 1966) was an American painter and illustrator.
His father was an engraver and landscape artist, and young Parrish's parents encouraged his talent.
(The color Parrish blue was named in acknowledgement.) He achieved the results by means of a technique involving several coats of oil and varnish applied to his paintings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxfield_Parrish   (346 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish - Stormfront White Nationalist Community
Maxfield Parrish was one of the greatest painters of the 20th century, which particularly in the era when he did most of his work was quite hostile to realism, clarity, and the technical mastery that is his hallmark.
Parrish is an excellent artist I have a print of one of his paintings in my apartment.
Parrish's technique for many of the 'scenics' was to use photographs projected
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39250   (972 words)

  
 The Idyllic Life of Maxfield Parrish
This ethereal masterwork is brought to earth by painter Maxfield Parrish.
Maxfield, Jr, was born in 1906, Stephen in 1909, and Jean, their only girl, in 1911.
While Maxfield was in college, his parents visited the renowned artist colony in Cornish, New Hampshire, founded by sculptor and friend Augustus Saint-Gardens.
http://www.newenlightenment.com/parrish.html   (3802 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- 'Erotic innocence'
Kenyon Cox, whose portrait of Parrish is part of the exhibition, was a proponent of this sort of painting.
Maxfield Parrish's painting "Daybreak" (1922) enthralled Americans when it was published as an affordable print.
Parrish enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, too, where he modernized the fantasy genre by taking what he learned from realists such as Thomas Anschütz and applied his lessons to established themes and figures of enchantment.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20050722-9999-1c22parrish.html   (1315 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish, 1870-1966
Frederick Maxfield Parrish was born in Philadelphia in 1870 to Elizabeth Bancroft and Stephen Parrish, himself an acclaimed etcher and landscape painter.
"Parrish is certainly the most popular illustrator/artist of the first half of the 20th century, and in the last decade there has been a renewed interest in him on the part of scholars, artists and collectors," said Susan Strickler, Director of The Currier Gallery of Art.
Maxfield Parrish, 1870-1966 features more than 150 works, including 50 rarely seen original oil paintings, as well as original watercolors, drawings, a 10-foot mural, vintage prints, and numerous artifacts and ephemera representing the full scope of the artist's career.
http://www.tfaoi.com/newsm1/n1m575.htm   (847 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish - A brief biography
Fred Maxfield Parrish (MP to his family, friends, and close associates) was born July 25, 1870 in Philadelphia to Stephen Parrish, a well known artist and etcher and his wife Elizabeth Bancroft Parrish.
Parrish was brought into millions of American homes via his book illustrations, his ads, his calendars and greeting cards and his famous art prints.
Many rare Parrish paintings in the collections of major museums across the country were gathered in a fine tribute to this fabulous artist to close out the 20th century and one thing is certain: Parrish's works continued to beguile and delight readers and viewers of all ages.
http://www.almagilbert.com/html/MP.html   (975 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish
American born Maxfield Parrish may not be as familiar to you as say Hockney or Warhol, and his paintings don't fetch a fraction of the amount that the other two do, but in the 1920s Parrish was considered by the American public to be as great an artist as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cezanne.
Parrish's real soulmate, however, was Susan Lewin who he originally hired to take care of his children, but who soon became his model and companion for 55 years.
Parrish married art instructor, Lydia Austin in 1895 with whom he had four children.
http://www.sleepandhealth.com/Newspaper/2003/October/11.htm   (582 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish
Maxfield started out to be an architect, but switched to studying art in 1892.
His father Stephen was an artist and encouraged his son from an early age and remained Maxfield's greatest influence.
But Susan stayed with Maxfield till the 1960s, when he had to stop painting.
http://www.tragsnart.co.uk/arthub/parrish/parrish.htm   (263 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish Biography
By 1900, Parrish was an established, successful artist with membership in the Society of American Artists, a new wife, a custom built studio on the New Hampshire/Vermont border.
With the exception of his justly famous Knave of Hearts book in 1925, the remainder of Parrish's career was mainly spent painting these popular images and a series of sumptuous landscapes for Brown and Bigelow calendars published from 1937 through 1962.
I think this is one drawback of the reputation of "Parrish Blue" - paintings that are not prime examples of the term are shoehorned into the mode during reproduction.
http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/parrish.htm   (1831 words)

  
 Serendipitous discovery of stolen painting / Maxfield Parrish admirer finds it near S.F. gallery it was taken from 20 ...
Parrish was one of 100 writers and artists who lived in the Cornish Colony in New Hampshire, one of the earliest art colonies in the United States.
Parrish painted "The Study for the River at Ascutney" in a later period, when he concentrated on landscapes such as a languid waterway with Vermont's Mount Ascutney in the background.
She's planning to close the museum in October because of a lack of funds, but she will include the Parrish collection in an 18-month national exhibition of which she will be curator.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/09/09/MNGKE8LUFC1.DTL   (1029 words)

  
 maxfield parrish
Parrish is that he seems never to have had a term of apprenticeship, but appears to have arrived full-fledged and finished in his art.
Stephen Parrish, is a painter and etcher of ability.
Parrish graduated at Haverford College and then entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, after which he studied for a time in the class of Mr.
http://www.olypen.com/ticn/articles.htm   (7608 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish Prints
Parrish was commissioned to paint his interpretation of 5 of Field’s poems.
Parrish continued working in his unique colors, his dreamy unreality and distinctive elegant style until 1962; his famous, unusual shade of blue became his trademark.
Born Frederic Parrish in Philadelphia in 1870, he later adopted his grandmother’s maiden name- Maxfield- as his middle name and used it in his profession.
http://www.myantiquemall.com/AQstories/maxfieldparrish/MaxfieldParrish.html   (821 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish, Master of Make-Believe
Parrish composed his paintings with the aid of photographs, which allowed for the prolonged study of a model to insure the accurate portrayal of the figure's anatomy.
The exhibition also explores Parrish's artistic development and his working methods, with the aid of documentary photographs, demonstrating why he is counted among the best-known and most beloved American artists of the 20th century.
His son, Maxfield Parrish, Jr., and artist and friend, Norman Rockwell, share their understanding of this man who dominated the popular arts in early 20th-century America.
http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/5aa/5aa369.htm   (2084 words)

  
 Renewed Interest in Maxfield Parrish; Maine Antique Digest, September 2000
Parrish did not like to be photographed, so there are not a great many pictures of him, but several taken from a family album showing him in his studio around 1960 sold along with others for $522.50.
Lewin, who was Parrish's devoted companion for 50 years, lived with him in his studio.
An exhibition of 140 paintings by Maxfield Parrish, including his extremely popular Daybreak, is on view at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, until August 6.
http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/articles/maxf0900.htm   (1022 words)

  
 Welcome to the Telfair Museum of Savannah, Georgia
This fall, the Telfair is delighted to present an exceptional exhibition of the work of Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966), one of the best-known and beloved American artists.
Parrish studied at the prestigious Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, melding his fine and applied art skills into his own imaginative style.
Parrish’s paintings often present pristine, arcadian landscapes enveloped in brilliant light, populated by youthful figures that seem to inhabit a rarefied, timeless world.
http://www.telfair.org/ec/exhibitions/upcoming/upcoming_parrish.asp   (333 words)

  
 Art in America: Kitsch meets the sublime - illustrator Maxfield Parrish
Parrish never painted directly from nature; rather, using pieces of photographic information from a wide range of sources, he synthesized his images.
Parrish saw this process as appropriately analogous to color separation in modern photographic reproduction, but it also gave the paintings a translucency like that of Tiffany stained-glass windows.
Paradoxically, it was because of, not despite, the fact that he worked for the mass media that Parrish made such singular paintings.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n3_v84/ai_18119056   (1292 words)

  
 NMA Exhibitions - Maxfield Parrish Master of Make-Believe
Maxfield Parrish: Master of Make-Believe is accompanied by an illustrated exhibition catalogue written by Alma Gilbert-Smith, the exhibition’s guest curator.
Parrish often experimented with photographic equipment and several of his own photographs have been included in the exhibition.
Featuring more than 80 works from American museums and private collections, Maxfield Parrish: Master of Make-Believe examines Parrish’s career as a painter and illustrator and why he is one of the best-known and beloved American artists of the 20th Century.
http://www.nevadaart.org/events/exhibitions/exhibition_display.php?id=22   (860 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish (1870 - 1966) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Maxfield Parrish studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Howard Pyle, famous author and illustrator.
Beyond the Blue: The Art of Maxfield Parrish
Maxfield Parrish - Illustration for "Potpourri" by H.G. Dwight 1905 oil on stretched pap Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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 Michael Ivankovich Antiques - Maxfield Parrish Biography
His unique "Parrish blue" coloring was like no other artist of his time and certainly became his unique trademark early in his career.
Over his 65-year career, Maxfield Parrish's artwork was imprinted on more than 20,000,000 art prints, calendars, book illustrations, greeting cards and other printed pieces.
Landscapes had become Parrish's favorite subject matter, and, although they failed to achieve the high level of sales and public acclaim of his earlier prints, by any other artist's standards, they were still considered a major success.
http://www.wnutting.com/prints/bios-prints/parrish.html   (334 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Make Believe World of Maxfield Parrish and Sue Lewin: Books
Parrish had great financial success during his life, enough to build the two grand houses at `The Oaks.' Over time, Lewin became more involved with his art, posing and making costumes, cooking for him and fending off threats to his privacy.
She sat for the innumerable photographs that he used for his paintings, she tended his children, she lived with him for decades in his `studio' (a fair-sized house by any standard).
Being an admirer of Parrish's work since childhood, I had always wondered how he worked since his paintings had a sort of surreal realism to them.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0898159369?v=glance   (1026 words)

  
 TME: Maxfield Parrish
Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966), one of the best-known and beloved American artists of the 20th century, enjoyed a level of popular success unparalleled in the history of art.
Parrish considered himself “strictly a ‘popular artist’,” although he studied architecture at Haverford College and then transferred to the prestigious fine art department at the Pennsylvania Academy.
Parrish committed himself to the popularization and democratization of art, viewing beauty as a form of social betterment.
http://www.tme.org/exhibitions/maxfield_parris.html   (216 words)

  
 Tallulahs Directory of Classical Master Artists and Nude Images; Maxfield Parrish
Maxfield Parrish, the American painter, illustrator and designer, received his early training in painting and etching from his father, and after studying architecture at Haverford College, PA changed to painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, all the while he simultaneously attending classes given by American illustrator Howard Pyle.
Maxfield created posters, cover designs and illustrations for popular American periodicals, including Harper’s Weekly, The Century, Collier’s and Scribner’s Magazine, as well as, many calendars and books.
Working from photographs, he developed a richly coloured palette, becoming noted for his ‘Maxfield Parrish blue’ and his meticulous attention to detail using some very unusual
http://tallulahs.com/parrish.html   (264 words)

  
 P22 Parrish
Parrish's hand-drawn letters were a significant part of his works, which bridged the familiar with a startling otherworldliness.
Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966), whose career spanned nearly ninety years, holds a unique place in American art and culture.
He was enormously accomplished and successful in both fine art and commercial endeavors.
http://www.p22.com/products/parrish.html   (75 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish Bookstore
Maxfield Parrish : A Treasury of Art and Children's Literature by Alma Gilbert
Maxfield Parrish : A Treasury of Art and Children's Literature
Maxfield Parrish, 1870-1966 by Sylvia Yount, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
http://www.datadesignsb.com/art/parrish/parrish.html   (369 words)

  
 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Maxfield Parrish
Parrish always worked from photographs that he took himself, except when depicting monsters, elves, and the like.
Probably the most financially rewarding area was the color reproductions of Parrish's paintings that were sold by such distributors as House of Art.
One of the most popular American artists of the twentieth century and one of the most prolific, in his long career Maxfield Parrish produced book and magazine illustrations, landscapes, advertisements, posters, and murals.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200933   (831 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Maxfield Parrish: The Landscapes: Books
Parrish specialist Alma Gilbert gives the history behind the paintings, explores Parrish's life and illuminates the mechanics of the creative process.
Although commercial illustration built his fame and fortune, Parrish's true love was landscape painting.
Some of Maxfield Parrish's least known but most vibrantly beautiful works are the landscapes featured in this book.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0898155878   (424 words)

  
 Review Maxfield Parrish
Each book covers a short history of its subject eloquently and concisely, revealing the great impact and influence Parrish still has on the world of art and illustration.
The lush clarity of his art is reproduced here in four small volumes and encased as a boxed set.
Each volume represents a different category of his work -- book illustrations, art prints, magazine covers and advertisements -- emphasizing the enormous range Parrish had as an artist.
http://www.januarymagazine.com/artcult/parrish.jan   (540 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish
Maxfield Parrish Composers' Competition at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Parrish, Maxfield, 1870–1966, American painter and illustrator, b.
Granddaughter of artist Maxfield Parrish to help launch collection.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0837712.html   (175 words)

  
 Athens Antique Prints :: Maxfield Parrish Antique Children's Illustrations
Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) remains one of America's most beloved artists.
Famous for his Mazda calenders, book illustrations, magazine covers and paintings, Parrish endures and has, in fact, become even more sought after in recent years.
American and European Art Pottery and Glass is another strong area in our inventory.
http://www.athensantiqueprints.com/illustrations/parrish.shtml   (121 words)

  
 The Official Maxfield Parrish Web Page Directory
During this time the "Trust" was also involved in a legal battle with a dealer of Maxfield Parrish Art and author of numerous books.
Well the simple truth is that "I figured wrong", you see the "Trust" is up to their old tricks again.
Have you been contacted by someone claiming to own all of the copyrights to Maxfield Parrish's Art?
http://www.coastlineproductions.com/wr/trust1.htm   (1393 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish Biography
In spite of the long time it took to perfect a painting, Parrish was prolific over the course of his productive years, from his children's books of the turn of the century, to his famous prints of androgynous, lounging nudes during the 1920s, to his calendar landscapes of the 1930s through the 1960s.
MAXFIELD PARRISH (1870-1966) was a unique figure in American art, not belonging to any school, part traditionalist, part inventor, sometime illustrator of gnomes and dragons, other times finding inspiration in the oak trees of his New Hampshire environs.
In his hands, this method gives the effect of a glimpse through a window....except that the scene viewed is from the fairy tale world.
http://www.illustration-house.com/bios/parrish_bio.html   (159 words)

  
 OCAIW - Maxfield Parrish
Images from Parrish's illustations to Poems of Childhood and many others (77 Works)
Maxfield Parrish Covers on Scribner's Magazine December 1899
CORNISH COLONY MUSEUM FOUNDATION, CORNISH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, U.S. Featuring the original art of Maxfield Parrish
http://www.ocaiw.com/parrish.htm   (402 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish
View available works of art, prices and exhibitions by the artist Maxfield Parrish in galleries worldwide.
Market Alert: Receive email updates when artworks by Maxfield Parrish are offered for sale in Galleries and Auction Houses worldwide.
To see if this artist's biography is in the Grove Dictionary of Art on artnet.com, click here.
http://www.artnet.com/artist/13113/maxfield-parrish.html   (98 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish Online Gallery - A Tribute to Maxfield Parrish - Share The Enchantment
Connie also posted the remainder of the "Maxfield Parrish: Master of Make-Believe" exhibition tour.
~ to Susan McPartland for emailing, letting us know about the "Maxfield Parrish: Master of Make-Believe" exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art -- April 30th to June 26th.
~.~ 2 March 2005 - Updated information in Maxfield Parrish Online Gallery - Parrish Links for Brandywine River Museum, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delaware Art Museum & The Detroit Institute of Arts.
http://www.independentweb.com/parrish   (665 words)

  
 Dream Garden
Parrish's method of alternating transparent oil paints with varnish added the illusion of light to his landscapes.
In truth, the relationship between Maxfield Parrish and Louis Comfort Tiffany was tumultuous, based on a rueful assessment of each other's artistic merit.
Multi-talented Maxfield Parrish was known as a "master of make-believe," charming readers with illustrations for children's books and magazine covers.
http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_dreamgarden.htm   (388 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish Screen Saver - from CDAccess.com
Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) was the most popular American Painter of the twentieth century.
With their shapely sylphs, riotous flora, extraordinary light, and wildly dramatic settings, Parrish's neoclassical fantasies are still among the American artworks we love the best.
His work appeared in Collier's for decades, in the other big mass-market magazines-Scribner's, The Ladies Home Journal, Hearst's and Harper's- in advertisements for light bulbs, bicycles, and Jell-O, and in a number of books, including Edith Wharton's Italian Villas and Their Gardens (1904).
http://www.cdaccess.com/html/shared/mparrish.htm   (245 words)

  
 Isle of Lesbos: Classical Art by Maxfield Parrish
Isle of Lesbos : Classical Art : Maxfield Parrish
Isle of Lesbos: Classical Art by Maxfield Parrish
http://www.sappho.com/art/maxfield.html   (28 words)

  
 Parrish Art Images - Maxfield Parrish
Main Menu Maxfield Parrish Books Maxfield Parrish Art Gallery Poster and Art Print Index
Art Passions began a tribute to artists whose work I grew up, and whose work has meaning for me personally.
Looking for Maxfield Parrish Art Prints or Posters?
http://parrish.artpassions.net   (157 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish
This page has a few images painted by Maxfield Parrish, an amazing painter.
I personally find many of his paintings of women to be wonderfully lesbian-erotic.
One can find more lesbian-erotic art and links on my Rocketdyke pages.
http://emsh.calarts.edu/~cristin/parrish.html   (78 words)

  
 Lady McDuff's Maxfield Parrish Gallery
I think Maxfield Parrish was truly a wonderful artist.
Please do not write me with questions about the value of various Parrish collectibles.
I can't even begin to detail all of the works that Maxfield Parrish produced in his lifetime.
http://www.mcduffskeep.net/parrish   (92 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish Art Prints Posters and Pictures to buy in the UK Maxfield Parrish Posters
Maxfield Parrish Art Prints Posters and Pictures to buy in the UK Maxfield Parrish Posters
Can't find the Maxfield Parrish art print or poster that you're looking for ?
Lines open 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday.
http://en.easyart.com/art-prints/artists/Maxfield-Parrish-3276.html   (64 words)

  
 SurLaLune Fairy Tales: Illustrations of Maxfield Parrish
BarnesandNoble.com features several art prints of Maxfield Parrish's illustrations not available on Amazon.com in its Prints and Posters area.
Buying Maxfield Parrish Art Prints on the Web
During my most recent search, I found his Enchanted Prince and his Scene from Snow White.
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/illustrations/illustrators/parrish.html   (123 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish Art Prints Page writings of Kahil Gibran
Maxfield Parrish Art Prints Page writings of Kahil Gibran
page is for Entertainment only.© Orginal Artwork is copy-write of Maxfield Parrish
THESE ARE ONLY A FEW OF WHAT I MANAGED TO SALVAGE
http://www.sygnetswans.com/Parrish.html   (259 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish
In the 1930s Parrish's work, criticised as being too sentimental, went out of fashion and he retired to paint landscapes.
Maxfield Parrish was born in Philadelphia in 1870.
In 1895 Parrish designed his first cover for Harper's Weekly.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAparrish.htm   (160 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish Prints For Sale
Featuring vintage prints, magazine covers, illustrations, and ephemera by American artist Maxfield Parrish.
Maxfield Parrish: "Christmas Eve", Brown and Bigelow, 1946.
Maxfield Parrish; "At Close of Day", Brown and Bigelow, 1954.
http://www.the-antique-shop.com/parrish.htm   (305 words)

  
 Alma Gilbert, Inc.
Trust For Museum Exhibitions national exhibition tour of Maxfield Parrish art - January 2005 to May 2006
Also being offered for sale are the two Parrish paintings from 1901 which illustrated Milton's "L'Allegro" poem.
Time is running out for fans of Maxfield Parrish to view the national traveling exhibition.
http://www.almagilbert.com   (424 words)

  
 The art of Maxfield Parrish
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http://www.michaels.com/art/online/artistproducts?artistid=1482&pageNumber=2   (28 words)

  
 Maxfield Parrish Page Art Vintage Ltd.
Beautiful large art deco piece by J Willett.
This is the original Frog and prince from Knave of Hearts--c.
This was a roll-up print with some evidence of this type of packaging.
http://artvintage.tripod.com/maxfieldparrish5.html   (195 words)

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