Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966

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Frederick Parrish was born July 25, 1870 in Philadelphia, PA. He later took a family name, Maxfield, as his middle name. He was an illustrator and commercial artist who designed his first magazine cover for Harper's Weekly in April, 1895. Following that he did pictures and posters for other popular periodicals. His works also became familiar to the public through his illustrations for calendars and advertisements. He was noted for his use of rich colors, especially the shade of blue named for him. His most famous mural, Old King Cole, was hung in the Hotel Knickerbocker in 1920, and later moved to the St. Regis Hotel in 1933. Two years before his death in 1966, an exhibit of his paintings and drawings was shown at the Gallery of Modern Art in New York. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, Volume 14, p. 158

From the guide to the Maxfield Parrish Collection, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])

Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) was an American painter and illustrator.

From the description of Maxfield Parrish letter, 1944 March 14. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 137733382

Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) was an American illustrator and painter. He was known for his decorative illustrations, which often feature neo-classical imagery and rich, glowing colors. His 1924 painting, Daybreak, was incredibly popular and became the most reproduced art print of the twentieth century.

From the guide to the Maxfield Parrish Letter, 1924, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

American painter and illustrator.

From the description of Maxfield Parrish illustrated letters to Henry Bancroft, 1884-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70976221

Artist. Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) was the son of Stephen and Elizabeth Parrish of Philadelphia. He attended Haverford College from 1889-1891. Lydia A. Parrish, his wife, was a chronicler of African American folk music.

From the description of Maxfield Parrish collection, 1888-1986. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 28814976

Writer, editor, publisher; born Milledgeville, Ga. Worked for Charles Scribner and Sons from 1896-1897, then for Doubleday Page and Co. He wrote and edited a number of books and magazine articles throughout his career.

From the description of Maxfield Parrish letter, 1897 September 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122403830

Three letters written by Maxfield Parrish. In one letter he describes his own work, in another, his notions on "the medium of expression," and in the third, Plainfield, New Hampshire's celebration of his 93rd birthday.

From the description of Correspondence, 1907-1963. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 30066842

American artist.

From the description of Letter to his son, 1947. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81610096

Maxfield Parrish was an important contributor of the American "Golden age of illustration." After 1931 he abbandoned commercial art, and devoted himself to landscape painting.

From the description of Letter to Lawrence G. Low. 1950 Aug. 20. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78297773

Painter and illustrator; Cornish, New Hampshire.

The son of painter Stephen Parrish, Maxfield attended Haverford College (1888-1891) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1892-1894). He also studied under Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute. Parrish had a studio in Philadelphia until 1898, when he moved to "The Oaks" in Cornish, New Hampshire, where he produced illustrations for magazines and books and later worked on landscape murals.

From the description of Maxfield Parrish letters, 1909-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122545973

Illustrator; Philadelphia, Pa. and Windsor, Vt.

Attended Haverford College.

From the description of Maxfield Parrish selected papers and letters, [ca. 1888]-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093851

Painter, illustrator; Windsor, Vermont.

Had a studio in Philadelphia. Well-known for his magazine illustrations.

From the description of Maxfield Parrish scrapbook, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515026

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referencedIn Grieg, Nina, 1845-1935. Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 28 May 1906, to Mr. Lane, 1906 May 28. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Ferargil Galleries records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Gans, Nellie Duling. [Culinary ephemera : gelatin and tapioca]. Box 267. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Parrish family papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926. Autograph collection of Raymond Gorges [manuscript], 1725-1928. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf OAC Review Index. Alumni, OAC Review, v.39, no.9, May 1927, p.437-438. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Players Club letters Archives of American Art
referencedIn Scott & Fowles artists' files Archives of American Art
referencedIn Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Maxfield Parrish Letter, 1924 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Art Poster File, [1890]-1910, (bulk 1895-1896) New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Barry Faulkner papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Parrish, Maxfield : Biographical file. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
referencedIn Oakley, Thornton, 1881-1953. Thornton Oakley collection of Howard Pyle and his students, 1841-1992 1887-1951. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
referencedIn Brooklyn Museum of Art. Dept. of Painting and Sculpture. Institutional file, Exhibitions. Maxfield Parrish, 1870-1966. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947. Papers of Winston Churchill [manuscript], 1897-1933. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Century Magazine letters Archives of American Art
creatorOf Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966. [Letter], 1901 8th June, Windsor, Vermont [to] Mr. Coates. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966. Maxfield Parrish illustrated letters to Henry Bancroft, 1884-1909. Delaware Art Museum
creatorOf Gilder, Rodman, 1877-1953. Rodman Gilder papers, 1895-1953. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Rodman Gilder papers, 1895-1953 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Maxwell Frederick Parrish 1870-1966 biographical file. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936. Papers, 1867-1936. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Du Pont, Irénée, 1876-1963. Five letters to Sydney Gross, 1950-1951. Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966. Correspondence, 1907-1963. UNH Durham, Dimond Library
referencedIn Bradley, Will, 1868-1962. Letters, manuscripts, original drawings and poems, 1894-1960. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf W.W. Comfort letter from Maxfield Parrish Archives of American Art
creatorOf Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966. [Maxfield Parrish] : artist file John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library, Ringling Museum Library
creatorOf Glaenzer, Richard Butler, 1876-1937. Papers of Richard B. Glaenzer [manuscript], 1885-1936. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Parrish family. Papers, 1719-1966. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn A. Hyatt Mayor papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Parrish, Lydia, 1871-1953. Records of some Southern loyalists : being a collection of manuscripts about some 80 families, most of whom immigrated to the Bahamas during and after the American Revolution / sorted, indexed, and bound by Maxfield Parrish, Jr. : typescript, 1940-1953. Houghton Library
creatorOf Maxfield Parrish papers (microfilm) in the Haverford College Library Archives of American Art
creatorOf Ferargil Galleries records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Parker, George Howard, 1864-1955. Papers of George H. Parker, 1881-1956 (inclusive). Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919. Kenyon Cox papers, circa 1860-1922. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Maxfield Parrish Collection University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections
creatorOf Chester Beach papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Gummere, Francis Barton, 1855-1919. Papers / Francis Barton Gummere. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Louis Evan Shipman papers, ca. 1859-1933. Houghton Library
creatorOf Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966. Letter to Lawrence G. Low. 1950 Aug. 20. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Gilbert-Smith, Alma. Papers, 1979-1992. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966. Letter to his son, 1947. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf St. Nicholas Magazine. Papers, 1870-1925. University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library
creatorOf Players records, 1848-1941. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Maxfield Parrish research collection, 1899-2007 L. Tom Perry Special Collections
referencedIn Learned Hand papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Quillen, Robert, 1887-1948. Papers, 1906-1976; (bulk 1906-1949). South Carolina Newspaper Project
referencedIn Thornton Oakley collection of Howard Pyle and his students, Bulk, 1887-1951, 1841-1992 Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
referencedIn Taylor, John Arthur, 1928-. Maxfield Parrish research collection. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn Austin Purves estate papers relating to Maxfield Parrish Archives of American Art
creatorOf Martin Birnbaum papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Robert Henri papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Garrett Orr Papers, bulk, circa 1873-1994, 1890s-1914, 1935-1965 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
creatorOf Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966. Letter. April 7th, 1904, Windsor: Vermont, to Chapin. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Smith, Charles (Charles William), b. 1893. Papers of Charles William Smith 1910-1979. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Delacorte, George T., 1884-. George T.Delacorte letters, 1925-1927. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Ferargil Galleries records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Players records, 1848-1941 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Class minute book and printed material Archives of American Art
referencedIn Clara E. Sipprell Papers, 1915-1970 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Parrish, Dillwyn, 1904-. Correspondence, 1947-1951. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966. Maxfield Parrish collection, 1888-1986. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Emmett, Burton, 1871-1935. Burton Emmett papers, 1888-1939. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947. Papers, 1891-1947. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf A. E. (Albert Eugene) Gallatin papers (microfilm) Archives of American Art
creatorOf PARRISH, MAXFIELD. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Lovell, Tom, 1909-1997. Tom Lovell papers, circa 1845-1997. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
creatorOf Parrish, Lydia, 1871-1953. Walter Charlton Hartridge, Jr. collection. Series XIII : Lydia Parrish papers, ca. 1926-1951 / Lydia Parrish. Georgia Historical Society
creatorOf Parrish, Stephen, 1846-1938. Papers, 1867-1983. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Parish, Roswell, 1840-1932. Roswell Parish papers, 1858-1921 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966. Letters from Maxfield Parrish [manuscript], 1901-1910. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Quillen, Robert, 1887-1948. Robert Quillen papers, 1904-1985; (bulk, 1906-1949) University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Autograph File, P, 1554-2005. Houghton Library
creatorOf West, Herbert Faulkner, 1898-1974. Papers, 1909-1975. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Edwin Howland Blashfield Papers, 1870-1956 (bulk 1889-1936) New-York Historical Society
creatorOf Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966. Papers, 1874-1966. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966. Maxfield Parrish letter, 1944 March 14. Harold B. Lee Library
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referencedIn Oral history interview with Frank Schoonover Archives of American Art
creatorOf Interviews of Frances Grimes and Maxfield Parrish Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Jalonack, Harold M. person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
United States
New Hampshire
United States
Cornish (N.H. : Town)
New Hampshire--Cornish
United States
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Europe
United States
Subject
Art, American
Art
Art
Artist colonies
Artists
Artists
Artists
Drawing, American
Drawings
Graphic artists
Illustrators
Illustrators
Magazine illustration
Painters
Painters
Painting
Painting, American
Occupation
Artists
Editors
Illustrator
Illustrators
Painter
Painters
Activity

Person

Birth 1870-07-25

Death 1966-03-30

Americans

English

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