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Exhibition Available 2010 - 2011
Fantasies and Fairy-Tales
Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print
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 nineteenth 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.
Itinerary
8-week venues
Crocker Art Museum - Sacramento, CA
May 8 -
July 17, 2009
Venue 1
Wichita Art Museum - Wichita, KS
July 30 - October 11, 2009
Venue 2
Delaware Art Museum - Wilmington, DE
October 29, 2009 - January 10, 2010
Venue 3
R.W. Norton Art Gallery - Shreveport, LA
January 28 - April 11, 2010
Venue 4
Everson Museum of Art - Syracuse, NY
April 29 - July 11, 2010
Venue 5
Available
July 29 - October 10, 2010
Venue 6
Reserved for Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts - Montgomery, AL
October 28, 2010 - January 9, 2011
Venue 7
Maxfield Parrish
A Funnygraph
Colliers, July 4, 1908
Magazine Cover