Maxfield Parrish
by Coy Ludwig Author
A compendium of the life and work of Maxfield Parrish, it is an essential part of a Parrish library. For the collector, the publisher has included a value guide to some of the products that bear Parrish images. Examples of Parrish's most famous book illustrations are shown, including selections from Mother Goose in Prose and the Arabian Nights. Also included are his famous magazine covers-from Life, Collier's, Harper's Weekly, etc., as well as all the landscapes that he painted for Brown and Bigelow, who reproduced them as calendars every year from 1936 to 1963. One of the highlights of the book is the chapter on Parrish's technique, examining in depth his materials, favorite methods, and unique way of painting. In addition, there is a lengthy excerpt from an unpublished manuscript by Maxfield Parrish, Jr., explaining step-by-step his father's glazing technique and use of photography in his work. This definitive study also contains numerous revealing excerpts from Parrish's unpublished correspondence with family, friends, and clients.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0-88740-527-4
- Print Status
- In Print
- Pictures
- 64
- Pages
- 223
- Suggested Grades
- Early Years - 12th
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Copyright
- 2007
Pictures
- 1 The Reluctant Dragon
- 2 The Dinky-Bird
- 3 Jason and the Talking Oak
- 4 Cadmus Sowing the Dragon's Teeth
- 5 Jason and His Teacher
- 6 Two Pastry Cooks: Blue Hose and Yellow Hose
- 7 Entrance of Pompdebile, King of Hearts
- 8 Chef Between Two Lobsters
- 9 Romance
- 10 Cover for Scribner's Magazine, December, 1897
- 11 Cover for Scribner's Magazine, April, 1899
- 12 Cover for Scribner's Magazine, October, 1899
- 13 Land of Make-Believe
- 14 The Christmas Book Buyer
- 15 Success
- 16 Air Castles
- 17 School Days
- 18 King with Two Sentries
- 19 Easter
- 20 Harvest
- 21 Cover for Collier's, July, 1910
- 22 The Lantern Bearers
- 23 The Story of Snow Drop
- 24 Life's Christmas Number (December, 1900)
- 25 Saint Patrick
- 26 A Merry Christmas
- 27 A Good Mixer
- 28 A Swis Admiral
- 29 Poster Show Poster
- 30 Century Midsummer Holiday Number (August, 1896)
- 31 Scribner's Fiction Number (August 1897)
- 32 The Adlake Camera
- 33 Mother Goose
- 34 Jack Sprat
- 35 Ask for Hires and Get the Genuine
- 36 The King and Queen Might Eat Thereof And Noblemen Besides
- 37 Prometheus
- 38 Lamp Seller of Bagdad
- 39 The Rubaiyat
- 40 Garden of Allah
- 41 Daybreak
- 42 Stars
- 43 Old King Cole
- 44 The Pied Piper
- 45 Study for Sing a Song of Sixpence
- 46 Dream Castle in the Sky
- 47 Florentine Fete
- 48 Dream Garden
- 49 Untitled, Overmantel Panel
- 50 Torlonia
- 51 Elm, Late Afternoon
- 52 Twilight
- 53 The Country Schoolhouse
- 54 New Hampshire (Thy Templed Hills)
- 55 Thunderheads
- 56 The Old Glen Mill
- 57 The Millpond
- 58 Peace of Evening (Evening Shadows)
- 59 Swift-Water (Misty Morn)
- 60 Little Stone House (Morning Light)
- 61 Church at Norwich, Vermont (Peaceful Night)
- 62 Afterglow (A New Day)
- 63 Winter Sunrise (When Day is Dawning)
- 64 October (Dreaming)
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