Where to See Maxfield Parrish

9 museums worldwide

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About Maxfield Parrish

American · 1870–1966 · Art Nouveau, Symbolism

a self-described mechanic who built model sets, lit them like stage productions, and produced the most reproduced art print of the twentieth century

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Maxfield Parrish's works are held in 9 museums worldwide, including Poster Section, Brandywine Museum of Art, and Detroit Institute of Arts.

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🇪🇸 Spain

1 museum

🇺🇸 United States

8 museums

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Where can I see Maxfield Parrish paintings?
    Maxfield Parrish's works can be seen at Poster Section, Brandywine Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, and 2 other museums worldwide.
  • Maxfield Parrish most famous work?
    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.
  • Is Maxfield Parrish public domain?
    According to one source, he made no effort to protect his copyrights, so his work became public domain. This happened as soon as people could use a Photostat camera.
  • How did Maxfield Parrish paint?
    Parrish constructed model scenes, props, and lighting rigs for his paintings. He would build a miniature landscape, light it from specific angles, photograph it, then paint from the photograph. He used 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.

Sources

Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Maxfield Parrish's works across the following collections.

  1. [1] book Susie Hodge, Artists and Their Pets Used for: biography.
  2. [2] book Mark Rothko;Christopher Rothko;, The Artist's Reality Used for: biography.

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