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U.S. #3502b
Maxfield Parrish
34¢ American Illustrators
 
Issue Date: February 1, 2001
City:
New York, NY
Quantity:
125,000,000
Printed by: 
Avery Dennison Security Printing
Printing Method:
Photogravure
Perforations: 
Serpentine die cut 11.25
Color: 
Multicolored
 
This set of stamps from the Classic Collection Series showcases the art of twenty American illustrators of magazines, posters, books, and advertisements.
 
“Interlude (The Lute Players),” is by Maxfield Parrish. Parrish perfected a technique that produced brilliant, translucent hues. His art appeared in children’s books, magazines, prints, and calendars.
 

Death of Maxfield Parrish

2001 Parrish stamp
US #3502b pictures Parrish’s Interlude (The Lute Players).

Painter and illustrator Maxfield Parrish died on March 30, 1966.  He made a name for himself illustrating children’s books, murals, and magazine covers.  His 1922 work Daybreak is considered the most popular art print of the 20th century.

The artist was born Frederick Parrish on July 25, 1870, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He later took the name “Maxfield” from his grandmother’s maiden name.  The son of a Philadelphia artist, Parrish exhibited artistic talent as a child, which his parents encouraged.  In the 1880s, his family went to Europe and Parrish studied art and architecture.

Parrish Mystic First Day Cover
US #3502b – Mystic First Day Cover

After returning to the US, Parrish went the Haverford School and studied architecture at Haverford College.  Parrish spent three years at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and then studied under Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute.  A critic wrote that even in his early work, Parrish “appears to have arrived full-fledged and finished in his art.”

1990 Life Magazine stamp
US #3185c – Parrish produced several covers for Life magazine.

Parrish went on to have an art career that lasted for more than 50 years and is considered to have helped shape the Golden Age of illustration.  He illustrated magazine covers for Harper’s Bazaar, Scribner’s, Life, Hearst’s and The Century Magazine.  Parrish also produced advertising materials for Wanamaker’s Edison-Mazda Lamps, Colgate, and Oneida Cutlery.

Parrish was perhaps best known for his numerous children’s book illustrations.  The fantasy life of childhood came alive with Parrish’s lush, colorful children’s book illustrations.  These included Frank L. Baum’s Mother Goose in Prose (1897), E. Field’s Poems of Childhood (1904), K.D. Wiggin’s The Arabian Nights (1909), H. Hawthorne’s Lure of the Garden (1911), and many others.

1979 International Year of the Child stamp
US #1772 – Parrish was most famous for his children’s book illustrations.

An innovative artist, Parrish perfected a technique involving numerous layers of thin, transparent oil and varnish which gave his paintings a distinctive luminosity.  A particular cobalt blue became eternally associated with him, as “Maxfield Parrish blue.”  He took art commissions until the 1920s.  Among these was an 18-panel mural for the Curtis Publishing Company.  He created a 15 by 49 foot mural of stained glass assembled by Tiffany studios that took him six years.  Today it’s in the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

US #4195 – Parrish illustrated Arabian Nights, which includes the tale of Aladdin.

In his later years, Parrish worked less on children’s books and more on murals, posters, and calendars.  His 1923 painting Daybreak is considered the most popular art print of the 20th century.  It outsold Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans and Da Vinci’s Last Supper, and is still in print today.

Beginning in the 1930s Parrish focused largely on landscapes.  He would build models of imagined landscapes, light and photograph them, and paint them from these photos.  He continued to paint until he was 91, before dying on March 30, 1966.  It’s been estimated he created nearly 900 works of art during his life.  Parrish’s art has appeared on album covers and provided the inspiration for movie posters, music videos, comic book covers, and more.

Parrish Classic First Day Cover.
US #3502b – Classic First Day Cover

View some of Parrish’s art.

 

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U.S. #3502b
Maxfield Parrish
34¢ American Illustrators
 
Issue Date: February 1, 2001
City:
New York, NY
Quantity:
125,000,000
Printed by: 
Avery Dennison Security Printing
Printing Method:
Photogravure
Perforations: 
Serpentine die cut 11.25
Color: 
Multicolored
 
This set of stamps from the Classic Collection Series showcases the art of twenty American illustrators of magazines, posters, books, and advertisements.
 
“Interlude (The Lute Players),” is by Maxfield Parrish. Parrish perfected a technique that produced brilliant, translucent hues. His art appeared in children’s books, magazines, prints, and calendars.
 

Death of Maxfield Parrish

2001 Parrish stamp
US #3502b pictures Parrish’s Interlude (The Lute Players).

Painter and illustrator Maxfield Parrish died on March 30, 1966.  He made a name for himself illustrating children’s books, murals, and magazine covers.  His 1922 work Daybreak is considered the most popular art print of the 20th century.

The artist was born Frederick Parrish on July 25, 1870, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He later took the name “Maxfield” from his grandmother’s maiden name.  The son of a Philadelphia artist, Parrish exhibited artistic talent as a child, which his parents encouraged.  In the 1880s, his family went to Europe and Parrish studied art and architecture.

Parrish Mystic First Day Cover
US #3502b – Mystic First Day Cover

After returning to the US, Parrish went the Haverford School and studied architecture at Haverford College.  Parrish spent three years at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and then studied under Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute.  A critic wrote that even in his early work, Parrish “appears to have arrived full-fledged and finished in his art.”

1990 Life Magazine stamp
US #3185c – Parrish produced several covers for Life magazine.

Parrish went on to have an art career that lasted for more than 50 years and is considered to have helped shape the Golden Age of illustration.  He illustrated magazine covers for Harper’s Bazaar, Scribner’s, Life, Hearst’s and The Century Magazine.  Parrish also produced advertising materials for Wanamaker’s Edison-Mazda Lamps, Colgate, and Oneida Cutlery.

Parrish was perhaps best known for his numerous children’s book illustrations.  The fantasy life of childhood came alive with Parrish’s lush, colorful children’s book illustrations.  These included Frank L. Baum’s Mother Goose in Prose (1897), E. Field’s Poems of Childhood (1904), K.D. Wiggin’s The Arabian Nights (1909), H. Hawthorne’s Lure of the Garden (1911), and many others.

1979 International Year of the Child stamp
US #1772 – Parrish was most famous for his children’s book illustrations.

An innovative artist, Parrish perfected a technique involving numerous layers of thin, transparent oil and varnish which gave his paintings a distinctive luminosity.  A particular cobalt blue became eternally associated with him, as “Maxfield Parrish blue.”  He took art commissions until the 1920s.  Among these was an 18-panel mural for the Curtis Publishing Company.  He created a 15 by 49 foot mural of stained glass assembled by Tiffany studios that took him six years.  Today it’s in the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

US #4195 – Parrish illustrated Arabian Nights, which includes the tale of Aladdin.

In his later years, Parrish worked less on children’s books and more on murals, posters, and calendars.  His 1923 painting Daybreak is considered the most popular art print of the 20th century.  It outsold Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans and Da Vinci’s Last Supper, and is still in print today.

Beginning in the 1930s Parrish focused largely on landscapes.  He would build models of imagined landscapes, light and photograph them, and paint them from these photos.  He continued to paint until he was 91, before dying on March 30, 1966.  It’s been estimated he created nearly 900 works of art during his life.  Parrish’s art has appeared on album covers and provided the inspiration for movie posters, music videos, comic book covers, and more.

Parrish Classic First Day Cover.
US #3502b – Classic First Day Cover

View some of Parrish’s art.