A Grape Gatherer
Type:Illustration
Year:1904
Size:24.00" x 20.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Illustration for the cover of Scribner's Magazine, October 1904
Maxfield Frederick Parrish ART FOR SALE
1870 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1966 Plainfield, New Hampshire. Known for: Illustration-romanticized scenes, mural painting.
One of America's best-known and revered illustrators, especially for children's books and magazines, Maxfield Parrish was born into a Philadelphia Quaker family. His birth name was Frederick Maxfield... Read full biography
One of America's best-known and revered illustrators, especially for children's books and magazines, Maxfield Parrish was born into a Philadelphia Quaker family. His birth name was Frederick Maxfield Parrish, and he later adopted the name Maxfield. His father, Stephen Parrish, was a successful... Read full biography
One of America's best-known and revered illustrators, especially for children's books and magazines, Maxfield Parrish was born into a Philadelphia Quaker family. His birth name was Frederick Maxfield Parrish, and he later adopted the name Maxfield. His father, Stephen Parrish, was a successful landscape painter and etcher, and he and Maxfield's mother, Elizabeth Bancroft Parrish, encouraged their son's artistic talent. Maxfield's father was his his first teacher, and he took his son to tour the... Read full biography
One of America's best-known and revered illustrators, especially for children's books and magazines, Maxfield Parrish was born into a Philadelphia Quaker family. His birth name was Frederick Maxfield Parrish, and he later adopted the name Maxfield. His father, Stephen Parrish, was a successful landscape painter and etcher, and he and Maxfield's mother, Elizabeth Bancroft Parrish, encouraged their son's artistic talent. Maxfield's father was his his first teacher, and he took his son to tour the museums of Europe when the boy was only ten, and together they painted and sketched. Initially interested in architecture, young Parrish studied in France, England; at Haverford College; at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; and at Drexel... Read full biography
One of America's best-known and revered illustrators, especially for children's books and magazines, Maxfield Parrish was born into a Philadelphia Quaker family. His birth name was Frederick Maxfield Parrish, and he later adopted the name Maxfield. His father, Stephen Parrish, was a successful landscape painter and etcher, and he and Maxfield's mother, Elizabeth Bancroft Parrish, encouraged their son's artistic talent. Maxfield's father was his his first teacher, and he took his son to tour the museums of Europe when the boy was only ten, and together they painted and sketched. Initially interested in architecture, young Parrish studied in France, England; at Haverford College; at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; and at Drexel Institute, where one of his teacher's was illustrator Howard Pyle, later to become a major influence in his work. Parris... Read full biography
Maxfield Frederick Parrish - Art for Sale (6 available)
Comic Scottish Soldier
Type:Illustration
Year:1909
Size:23.00" x 17.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Illustration for the cover of "Collier's Magazine," March 11, 1911
Ivanhoe
Type:Illustration
Size:30.00" x 34.00"
Medium:Mixed Media
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:
Maxfield Parrish created the present work as a playbill to commemorate a performance of Ivanhoe, which took place in the home of its original owner in Cornish, New Hampshire.
New
Egypt, Edison Mazda Calendar Illustration
Type:Illustration
Year:circa 1921
Size:28.00" x 18.00"
Medium:Oil
Notes:
Maxfield Parrish’s Egypt, commissioned for the 1922 calendar and likely painted in 1920 or 1921, formed part of his series chronicling humanity’s evolving mastery of light.
Sketch for Fisk Tires - Fit for a King
Type:Illustration
Year:1939
Size:3.50" x 7.25"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Front
New
Cascades (Quiet Solitude)
Type:Painting
Year:1959
Size:23.00" x 18.50"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Landscape entitled Cascades (Quiet Solitude)