Maxfield
Parrish Biography
MAXFIELD
PARRISH (1870-1966) was a unique figure in American art, not belonging
to any school, part traditionalist, part inventor, sometime illustrator
of gnomes and dragons, other times finding inspiration in the oak
trees of his New Hampshire environs. A meticulous craftsman, Parrish's
idiosyncratic painting method involved applying numerous layers of
thin, transparent oil, alternating with varnish over stretched paper,
yielding a combination of great luminosity and extraordinary detail.
In his hands, this method gives the effect of a glimpse through a
window....except that the scene viewed is from the fairy tale world.In
spite of the long time it took to perfect a painting, Parrish was
prolific over the course of his productive years, from his children's
books of the turn of the century, to his famous prints of androgynous,
lounging nudes during the 1920s, to his calendar landscapes of the
1930s through the 1960s.
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