{"id":42887,"date":"2018-11-20T11:12:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T16:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=42887"},"modified":"2022-05-04T11:40:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:40:28","slug":"artists-in-the-tribe-my-cousin-maxfield-parrish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/artists-in-the-tribe-my-cousin-maxfield-parrish.html","title":{"rendered":"Artists in the Tribe: My Cousin Maxfield Parrish"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Wikipedia, Frederick \u201cMaxfield\u201d Parrish (1870-1966):<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026was an American painter and\u00a0illustrator\u00a0active in the first half of the 20th century. He is known for his distinctive saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. His career spanned fifty years and was wildly successful: his painting\u00a0Daybreak<\/a>\u00a0is the most popular art print of the 20th century.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He is one of my favorite artists and I am glad that he is my cousin.<\/p>\n

\"Illustration:<\/a>
Illustration: \u201cAfterglow\u201d by Maxfield Parrish, 1947. Source: WikiArt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Daybreak<\/em> (1922) was very popular, but Afterglow<\/em> (1947) is one of my favorites because it reminds me of our home \u2013 and so many homes in New Hampshire where Parrish lived for many years.<\/p>\n

\u201cParrish worked with popular magazines throughout the 1910s and 1920s, including Hearst\u2019s and Life. He also created advertising for companies like Wanamaker\u2019s, Edison-Mazda Lamps, Colgate and Oneida Cutlery. Parrish worked with Collier\u2019s from 1904 to 1913. He received a contract to deal with them exclusively for six years. He also painted advertisements for D.M. Ferry Seed Company in 1916 and 1923, which helped him gain recognition in the eye of the public. His most well-known art work is Daybreak which was produced in 1923. It features female figures in a landscape scene. The painting also has undertones of Parrish blue. In the 1920s, however, Parrish turned away from illustration and concentrated on painting. In his forties, Parrish began working on large murals instead of just focusing on children’s books.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

— Wikipedia<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I spotted this Maxfield Parrish quote commenting on modern art:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, I think it\u2019s wonderful. In a few years it\u2019ll keep truck drivers busy carting it to the dump.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

— Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut), 19 March 1995, page A12:<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today his paintings sell for huge sums. When Daybreak<\/em> sold 25 May 2006 at auction at Christie\u2019s for $7.6 million dollars, it set a new record\u00a0for an artwork by Maxfield Parrish.<\/p>\n

You can read more about Maxfield Parrish\u2019s family history here<\/a> on FamilySearch.<\/p>\n

There are thousands of newspaper articles about Maxfield Parrish\u2019s life and work in GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>. Here are just a few of them.<\/p>\n