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Article: Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966): romance and fantasy.
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- November 1, 1995
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None of us can forget the first instance of seeing an art print or book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. Parrish's lush coloristic effects, with extraordinary detail and academic perfection, were first broadly recognized by the American public in the years before WWI. After 1925, one out of every four households in the United States had one of his art prints, and he was ranked, along with Cezanne and van Gogh, as one of the world's three most favorite artists. To this day, his unique world of fantasy and romance strikes modem viewers with no less power than it did a century ago.
Maxfield Parrish studied the techniques of the Old Masters and then, using pure bold ...