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A giclée print on 200gsm matte fine art paper, using a twelve-colour process for accurate, fade-resistant colour. Supplied unframed, delivered flat or rolled.
Reveries - Maxfield Parrish
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£37.00 GBP
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£37.00 GBP
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Archival giclée
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Description
A dreamlike scene by Maxfield Parrish, featuring two figures resting by a fountain, rendered with his signature luminous glazing technique.
Reveries is a characteristic example of the work of Maxfield Parrish, an artist known for his mastery of light and colour. The composition depicts two figures resting near a stone fountain, surrounded by dense, shadowed foliage. Parrish employed a technique involving the application of multiple thin glazes of oil paint over a white base, which creates a luminous quality that appears to glow from within the surface of the work. This method allowed him to achieve the deep, saturated blues and warm, golden highlights that define his aesthetic.
The scene is constructed with a focus on atmosphere rather than strict realism. The figures are positioned in a quiet, contemplative state, mirroring the title of the piece. The surrounding trees and shrubbery are rendered with a high degree of detail, yet they remain subordinate to the overall mood of the image. Parrish often utilised photography and models to plan his compositions, ensuring that the interplay of light and shadow felt deliberate and balanced. His work frequently appeared in popular magazines and advertisements during the early twentieth century, which helped to popularise his distinct visual language.
In this particular work, the contrast between the cool, dark tones of the background and the warm, illuminated foreground draws the eye toward the central fountain. The precision of the brushwork and the careful layering of pigments result in a smooth, almost enamel-like finish. This approach to painting was highly technical, requiring patience and a precise understanding of how light interacts with transparent layers. The result is a dreamlike quality that remains a hallmark of his output. By focusing on the quiet interaction between the figures and their environment, Parrish invites the viewer to engage with the stillness of the moment, free from the distractions of a busy world.
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Each print is produced to order using 12-colour giclée printing on FSC-certified archival paper. Designed in Britain and printed at your nearest production hub to reduce waste and speed up delivery.
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- Museum-grade giclée printing for rich, fade-resistant colour
- Archival matte fine-art paper, FSC-certified
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
- Paper sizes: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 and B2 (50×70 cm)
- Canvas: XS (20×30 cm) to Large (60×90 cm)
- Frames: black, natural wood, dark wood or white
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Reveries - Maxfield Parrish
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À partir de £37.00 GBP
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À partir de £37.00 GBP
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Fine Art Poster / Small Square (30x30 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Maxfield Parrish
Parrish's real name was Frederick. He adopted Maxfield, his grandmother's maiden name, as a professional name because it sounded better. His father, Stephen Parrish, was a landscape etcher who took the boy travelling through Europe at ten, sketching together in the manner of a Victorian gentleman educating his heir. The drawing lessons started before school did.
He called himself a mechanic who paints. Beneath his studio he built a workshop filled with machines, and used them to construct model scenes, props and lighting rigs for his paintings. The process was closer to set design than to plein air. He would build a miniature landscape, light it from specific angles, photograph it, then paint from the photograph using a layering technique borrowed from the Old Masters: thin coats of transparent oil glaze over a plaster base, each layer drying before the next, so the under-colours shone through. The method eliminated visible brushstrokes and produced a luminosity that looked like stained glass.
Daybreak, painted in 1922, became the most reproduced art print of the twentieth century. It outsold Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans and Da Vinci's Last Supper in print form. By the mid-1920s it was estimated that one in four American households had a Parrish print on the wall. The image appeared in Terrence Malick's Badlands and inspired the poster for The Princess Bride. For three models he used his own daughter Jean, Kitty Owen (granddaughter of William Jennings Bryan), and his young nanny Susan Lewin.
In 1900, tuberculosis followed by a nervous breakdown forced him to stop working. The recovery period changed his technique: it was during this convalescence that he developed the glazing method that defined the rest of his career. He lived to ninety-five, painting until the last few years.
He called himself a mechanic who paints. Beneath his studio he built a workshop filled with machines, and used them to construct model scenes, props and lighting rigs for his paintings. The process was closer to set design than to plein air. He would build a miniature landscape, light it from specific angles, photograph it, then paint from the photograph using a layering technique borrowed from the Old Masters: thin coats of transparent oil glaze over a plaster base, each layer drying before the next, so the under-colours shone through. The method eliminated visible brushstrokes and produced a luminosity that looked like stained glass.
Daybreak, painted in 1922, became the most reproduced art print of the twentieth century. It outsold Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans and Da Vinci's Last Supper in print form. By the mid-1920s it was estimated that one in four American households had a Parrish print on the wall. The image appeared in Terrence Malick's Badlands and inspired the poster for The Princess Bride. For three models he used his own daughter Jean, Kitty Owen (granddaughter of William Jennings Bryan), and his young nanny Susan Lewin.
In 1900, tuberculosis followed by a nervous breakdown forced him to stop working. The recovery period changed his technique: it was during this convalescence that he developed the glazing method that defined the rest of his career. He lived to ninety-five, painting until the last few years.
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