Maxfield Parrish: Cleopatra


Item Number: NVPR-1810

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $200

Online Close: Jul 28, 2012 1:00 PM PDT

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Description

Acclaimed American illustrator Maxfield Parrish (1877 – 1966) created romanticized images aglow with magical colors and light. Learning to draw while recovering from typhoid fever, Parrish was inspired by the Old Masters and Pre-Raphaelites. He painstakingly created historic and romantic scenes using a geometric format called Dynamic Symmetry, and his brilliant colors were so admired that one was named “Parrish Blue” in his honor. For four decades, Parrish illustrated publications, ads, calendars and greeting cards. He single-handedly shaped the Golden Age of Illustration, and no other major artist has successfully copied his techniques.


Image is approximately 13.5" x 12" - it does have the curved edges like in picture.


 

Donated by

Erwin, Gail & Scott Flacks