Coming up at the Crocker
Fantasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print
May 8 – July 19, 2009
Info from the Crocker website…
Though recent scholarship has paid increased attention to Maxfield Parrish’s career as a fine artist, the immense popularity of his work during the early 20th century rested on his appeal as a commercial artist. In many cases, Parrish’s original paintings were a direct result of his commercial enterprises. Before abandoning figurative work in the 1950s, Parrish undertook hundreds of commissions for book illustrations, magazine covers, advertisements and lithographs that reveal both his sense of humor and his eye for graphic design. This exhibition presents a comprehensive sampling of Parrish’s printed works, offering insight into the multifaceted relationship between the worlds of commercial and fine art.
For more information go to the Crocker web site
June 4th, 2009 at 4:34 am
I attended the opening of the Maxfield Parrish show at the Crocker. It is really a wonderful show. Wiliam Breazeale, the Curator of this exhibition stressed that “commercial” art and “fine” art are not that far apart. And that people who don’t realize that art is art need to rethink. I would encourage everyone to go see the exhibition and to attend a lecture by the Curator as he is very knowledgeable about Maxfield Parrish and art prints as well. Sundays at the Crocker are free.