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Article: Maxfield Parrish - a man for his age.(artist)
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- July 1, 1999
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Maxfield Parrish was one of the best known and most revered artists and illustrators of the early twentieth century. Because he devoted much of his career to creating illustrations for magazine articles and covers, calendars, books, theater sets, consumer product packaging, and advertisements, reproductions of his works hung in households throughout the United States. He was lionized and dismissed by critics in cyclical fashion throughout his lifetime and after his death. Now a large traveling retrospective exhibition of his work has been organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and the American Federation of Arts. It opens at the former ...