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Maxfield Parrish
(1870 - 1966) Studied under Howard Pyle, inspired by Edwin Austin Abbey and N.C. Wyeth. Early career as cover artist and masthead illustrator for Collier's, Life, and Century. Ad work for Edison Mazda, Jell-o, Fisk Tires, Colgate. Prolific book illustrator and muralist. Collected by Astors, Du Ponts, Forbes, Hearsts, Vanderbilts, Whitneys. His "Daybreak," sold for $10k in 1925, auctioned at $4.25 mln in 1996 a record for a "commercial" artist. Metropolitan, Christmas (1917) Parrish - 001 Edison Mazda, Egypt (1922) Parrish - 002 Ferry's Seeds, "This is Peter the Husbander" (1919) Parrish - 003 The Great Southwest, "The Desert Without Water" (1902) Parrish - 004 Life, A Man of Letters" (1922) Parrish - 005 Djer-Kiss ad, "Le Parfum Irrésistible" (1918) Parrish - 006
Collier's, page decoration (early 1900s) Parrish - 007 Christmas Eve (early 1898) Parrish - 008 Collier's (1929) Parrish - 009 Ladies' Home Journal (1931) Parrish - 010 Pandora's Box (1916) Parrish - 011 Community Plate ad (1918) Parrish - 012 Life, Easter (1923) Parrish - 013 Edison Mazda, Primitive Man (1921) Parrish - 014 |
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