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        <h1 class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966)</h1>
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      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s" align="justify">Do you think you may own a painting or illustration by Maxfield Parrish? We authenticate, appraise and research all paintings by this great artist.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/parrish/Parrish_Ecstasy.jpg" alt="Ecstasy" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Ecstasy</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Maxfield Parrish was an American painter and illustrator during the Golden Age of illustration. Born Frederick Parrish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Parrish took on his mothers’ maiden name “Maxfield” as his own for his professional name. Encouraged by his parents, Parrish showed a proficiency in drawing as a young boy. He eventually attended Harvard College as well as The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/parrish/Parrish_TheLutePlayers.jpg" alt="The Lute Players" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">The Lute Players</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">It is hard to classify what class of painting Parrish’s style falls into. He did not affiliate himself with any one school of art, nor did he join any groups. Parrish also did not seem to have many artists that he took after or emulated, though his style was certainly a precursor for the Art Deco movement. Parrish did however study the work of the pre-Raphaelite English painters, and was particularly fond of the works of Lord Leighton. His work was one part traditional, and one part magical, created through the use of brilliant techniques and a fantastic imagination. Though his subjects may have been painted in a photorealistic fashion, his settings were anything but.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/parrish/Parrish_Pandora.jpg" alt="Pandora"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Pandora</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/parrish/Parrish_Cinderella.jpg" alt="Cinderella"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Cinderella</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Parrish’s career as an artist began with a commission to illustrate “Mother Goose in Prose” by L.Frank Baum in 1897. This became only the first in a series of book illustrations that Parrish would execute. Books illustrated by Parrish remain highly collectible items to this day. From the late 1800’s through the 1920’s, Parrish continued to illustrate for magazines and advertisements. However, in the 1920’s, Parrish turned away from illustrating to concentrate more on painting.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/parrish/Parrish_TheCanyon.jpg" alt="The Canyon"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">The Canyon</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">In his earliest paintings, Parrish often painted fantasy-like settings, sometimes featuring androgynous nudes. These paintings were also used for post cards and calendars, and Parrish lived quite well for some time off of the royalties that they brought in.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/parrish/Parrish_DinkyBird.jpg" alt="Dinky Bird"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Dinky Bird</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/parrish/Parrish_Stars.jpg" alt="Stars"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Stars</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">By the 1930’s, Parrish began to focus more on landscapes. These proved to not be as popular as his earlier, more fantastical compositions, but he profited off of them nonetheless. Parrish continued to paint until 1960, when he married his model and lifelong companion Susan Lewis.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/parrish/Parrish_Arizona.jpg" alt="Arizona"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Arizona</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/parrish/Parrish_MountainFarmAtWinter.jpg" alt="Mountain Farm at Winter"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Mountain Farm at Winter</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Parrish is also known for a color that he made famous, aptly named “Parrish blue” which the artist achieved by applying various coats of varnish to his paintings. This was a practice that Parrish often used to create the luminous, magical glow of the lighting in his paintings.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/parrish/Parrish_ThePrince.jpg" alt="The Prince"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">The Prince</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Parrish lived at his estate called “The Oaks” near Cornish, New Hampshire for most of his career, and often used his wooded environment as inspiration for his paintings. Cornish eventually became an artist’s colony of sorts, in part due to Parrish. Parrish would also often construct models of the buildings in his paintings to work on lighting techniques before he would paint them.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/parrish/Parrish_PeacefulNight.jpg" alt="Peaceful Night"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Peaceful Night</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Parrish is undoubtedly one of America’s most beloved artists. It is said that during the height of his career in the 1920’s, one out of every four American homes had a Parrish painting or print hanging on their wall. By 1935, Parrish commanded upwards of $2,000 per illustration. Parrish was perhaps the most famous American painter of his time until Norman Rockwell emerged in the 1940’s. His work was so widely popular, that it has been said that his painting “Daybreak” may very well be the best selling art print in history.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/parrish/Parrish_Daybreak.jpg" alt="Daybreak" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Daybreak</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Still wondering about a fantasy painting or illustration in your home? <a href="https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/contact/contact1.php">Contact us</a>…it could be by Maxfield Parrish.</p>
      
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