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Maxfield Parrish, an American painter and illustrator who worked through the first half of the 20th century, produced 40 neo-classical pieces in his signature saturated hues. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Maxfield Parrish artwork from top dealers around the world.
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Egypt, Original Edison Mazda Calendar Illustration
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Maxfield Parrish’s Egypt, commissioned for the 1922 calendar and likely painted in 1920 or 1921, formed part of his series chronicling humanity’s evolving mastery of light, following...
Category
1920s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Water Let in on a Field of Alfalfa
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed with initials M.P. (lower right); inscribed Article III. "Irrigation" water let in on a field of alfalfa (in the lower margin)
Written on back "February of 1902. Hot Springs,...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Palazzina (Villa Gori), Siena, for the book Italian Villas and Their Gardens
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
By the time Maxfield Parrish painted his Italian Villa series in 1903, he was already acknowledged as one of America’s most successful artists. Edith Wharton was commissioned to writ...
Category
Early 1900s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
My Duty Towards my Neighbor, and My Duty Towards God (diptych)
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Overall Dimensions, including artist frame: 54 x 80 in.
Each Painted Panel: 33 x 24 in.
Medium: Oil on Panel
Signature: Each panel signed and dated
Literature:
Coy Ludwig, Maxfiel...
Category
1890s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"The Outing Magazine" Last Rose of Summer Original Cover Illustration
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The Outing Magazine commissioned Parrish to provide a cover illustration for their 1899 Last Rose of Summer edition (published December 1899). In the poster, Maxfield used his own face and figure to portray a youth in Grecian costume examining a rose he holds in his hand. The figure is shown sitting below one of the massive oaks on the artist’s property, flanked by two plaster lions the artist had moulded in his studio.
The depiction harks back to the 1805 poem by the Irish poet, Thomas Moore:
‘Tis the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
No flower of her kindred,
No rose-bud is nigh,
To reflect back her blushes
Or give sigh for sigh!
I’ll not leave thee, thou lone one...
Category
1890s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper, Ink, Gouache, Board
The Rawhide Part III
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Paper Mounted to Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right, Signed Again and Dated August of 1904 on Reverse
The Rawhide Part III, 'He swung himself into the saddle and rode...
Category
Early 1900s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board


