Maxfield Parrish (1870- 1966) was a 20th- century American painter and illustrator. His artworks are characterized by the use of highly saturated colors and idealized neo- classical imagery. He used glazing technique to achive such vibrant colors. That is, he first applied a translucent paint and glaze (an oil medium) on the canvas. Parrish generally prefered a blue and white monochromatic underpainting. So, the Parish blue took its name after him.
Parrish would also take pictures of models in black and white and cut the images to put on his canvas. He would later cover them with glaze which gave the three dimensional effect to his paintings. Here are some of Parrish’s amazing artworks.
Ecstasy by Maxfield Parrish
Jason and His Teacher
Poet’s Dream
The Lantern Bearers by Maxfield Parrish
The National Museum of American Illustration regarded his painting Daybreak (1922) as the most successful art print of the 20th century.
Winter Night Landscape
The Blue Fountain
Morning Light
Quite Solitude
Getting Away from It All
Good Fishing
Moon Light
