Images from Parrish's illustrations to Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Poems of Childhood, Arabian Nights and many others This page has been getting a facelift. Most of the images are back and rescanned for the new millenia. Still coming: More Knave of Hearts, and special sections on the murals and information about his favorite models. About Maxfield Parrish Maxfield Parrish Art Maxfield Parrish Books and other Resources Maxfield Parrish 2011 Calendar: The Art Passions 2011 Maxfield Parrish calendar is available here. Parrish Postcards: Sebastian made some Maxfield Parrish postcards. Where to Buy Maxfield Parrish Prints: You can find Parrish prints at Maxfield Parrish at Artsy Craftsy, at the Maxfield Parrish Print and Poster Gallery, or use the Art Print and Poster Finder. I do not have a source for very large Parrish posters, but do check the Poster Finder. E-cards While you are here, you can send a friend an electronic postcard. Or click on any gallery image to send it as an e-postcard to a friend.

About Maxfield Parrish During the Golden Age of Illustration, Maxfield Parrish's "beautiful settings and charming figures" enchanted the American public. His work includes immense murals in office buildings and hotels, magazine covers, and advertisements as well as his book illustrations. Many of his illustrations to children's books, still popular today, are the result of his struggle to make a living as an artist in his early years around the turn of the 20th century. He was born Frederick Parrish in 1870 in Philadelphia, but he took the name Maxfield after his Quaker grandmother. His father, Stephen, was also an artist and Parrish's greatest influence. He originally studied architecture, an interest that is evident in his paintings. He married his wife Lydia 1895. Daybreak, his arguably most famous picture, was created for the art print market. It is still popular to this day. In 1900, Parrish contracted tuberculosis, and then suffered a nervous breakdown. Around that time, he switched from illustrations to oil painting. His oil paintings became very popular, with their brilliant colors and magical luminosity, until well into the 1940s. To achieve these magical effects, he would apply numerous layers of thin, transparent oil, alternating with varnish over stretched paper, a painstaking process that achieved both high luminosity and extraordinary detail. The tuberculosis hung on and Parrish went to Arizona to convalesce in the dry heat there. While in Arizona, he was commissioned to do a series of landscapes. He began painting and traveling on commission and his career took off. Parrish worked at his home in Cornish, New Hampshire, called The Oaks. The Oaks was a popular destination for guests during the summers but in the frozen New Hampshire winters, Parrish dedicated himself to his painting. In 1905, Parrish's met Susan Lewin, a 16-year old girl hired as a nanny for his son Dillwyn. Her image appears often in paintings from this time through the 1920s. Over time, Susan became Parrish's assistant, model for his paintings, and eventually his lover. His wife, Lydia, and Maxfield grew increasingly estranged and she left him in 1911. Susan stayed with Maxfield for another 50 years. From the 1930s until 1960, when he stopped painting, Maxfield Parrish refocused his attention on the world around him, producing a series of calendar landscapes. Yet even these retain the magical, window-to-the-otherworld quality that permeates all of his work. Parrish died at 95 in 1966, at a time when his work was enjoying a renaissance of interest. Maxfield Parrish Art Arabian Nights The full set of Maxfield Parrish Arabian Nights illustrations, both the 1909 edition and the additional illustrations from the 1923 edition. The Young King of the Black Isles and Sinbad Plotting to Kill the Giant appear only in the 1923 edition. Cover to Arabian Nights (1909) Ali Baba in the cave of the 40 thieves Codadad and the Pirates The Fisherman and the Genie Sinbad plotting to kill the genie (1923) The Young King of the Black Isles The Talking Bird The Man of Brass Aladdin City of Brass Gulnare Prince Agib Second Voyage of Sinbad Myths and Fairy Tales Sleeping Beauty Snow White Cinderella Enchanted Prince Frog Prince Pomegranate Seeds The Golden Fleece Three Golden Apples Tempest Circes Cleopatra Pandora Pan Jack and the Beanstalk Puss in Boots Reluctant Dragon Land of Make Believe Sea Nymphs The Little Princess Poems of Childhood Illustrations from the 1904 Scribner and Sons Poems of Childhood. Frontispiece With Trumpet and Drum Sugarplum Tree Wynken, Blynken, and Nod Little Peach The Dinky-Bird The Flyaway Horse and Amber Locks Seein' Things Nursery Rhymes Illustrations from various nursery rhumes. Mary, Mary Quite Contrary Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater Old King Cole Sing a Song of Sixpence 1 Sing a Song of Sixpence 2 Sandman Slumber Song The Ring of the Nibelung Illustrations from the 1898 Scribner's Magazine article The Ring of the Niebelung. Title plate Alberich The Ring Rhine Maidens Ornament Reverse page Alberich Laughs Wotan Valhalla Ornament reversed Page plate Page plate reversed Shell Ornament Shell Ornament reversed Loki's Fire-Charm Landscapes Arizona Atlas Landscape Christmas Morning Christmas Eve Deep Snow Dream October Mill Pond Evening Glen Mill Moonlight Hilltop Moonlight 2 Riverbank White Birches New Moon Winter Nights Sunlit Valley Mountain Farm Aquamarine Lull Brook Winter Twlight Other Maxfield Parrish Resources Looking for Maxfield Parrish Books? Maxfield Parrish. Maxfield Parrish Posters and Art Prints Maxfield Parrish Posters Very large Maxfield Parrish posters are rare and costly when you do find them, although you can still find some that were printed by Paper Tiger Press in La Jolla, California, in the late '60s and early '70s. However, alternatives, such as nicely framing a page from a Maxfield Parrish calendar, also work. You'll want to avoid choosing a plate from a book because older Maxfield Parrish books in good condition can be quite valuable valuable. Maxfield Parrish Art Prints at Artsy Craftsy The above links will take you to a listing of currently available larger-format Maxfield Parrish prints on fine art paper, with more to be added. Artsy Craftsy has some Maxfield Parrish prints that are not available elsewhere. 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