A little Maxfield Parrish to start your day...one of my favorites

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

This one's from 1922 and it's called "Morning (Spring)."

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[Richardo]

1. "It's a Beautiful Day" had the best album covers.

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Maxfield is a big favorite of me and Mrs R. We named out first dog after him.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

2. Yes, that's why I posted this...

I made a mix CD last night that had Quicksilver's "Mona" and It's A Beautiful Day's "White Bird" on it and decided to hunt down some Parrish for the CD booklet art.



I tried Googling "Globe Propaganda" (the graphic artists who did Quicksilver's "Happy Trails" & "Shady Grove" and I.A.B.D.'s self-titled first album and came up with nothing. I know they did those three classics, but I don't know what else they did. But the Parrish style has always been one of my favorites.

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[madrchsod]

3. three great albums

i have the first two on vinyl and when i get some money i`m getting the other one

[Dora]

16. We have that record

I confess that I've never listened to it, and I'd never heard of It's a Beautiful Day until my husband was going through his vinyl one day. I attribute my ignorance to my youth, nothing more.

I liked the art so much on that record jacket that I put it up on the wall, and there it has stayed. It cheers me every time I look at it.

I suppose I should consider getting a turntable for the household one of these days. It would be nice if I listened to the record at least once.

[Bluerthanblue]

4. oh MANNNN- i love MP lucky enough to live near

enough St.Gaudens NH and the Precision Museum in VT to have visisted both a few times. They have some of his outstanding work.

He had such an eye- And the skies over the Conn. River still look hauntiningly familiar- hell, the skies over our place here in centeral NH often look like he painted them on.

[Patiod]

7. Was lucky enough to see those collections on the road

An afternoon of pure joy. No one else does blue like him.

[Bluerthanblue]

12. i agree, and that hint

of ...pinkish..yellow... i can't describe, the way he 'catches' the sky in just the colors that are fleeting- without them looking muddied, or fake- that moment of ..... whoooahhhh...."look at that".... that lasts so briefly- he had such an eye- and caught it so well.

I always want to walk into his paintings....

[Patiod]

5. If you love Parrish and you're ever in Philadelphia

There's an amazing glass mural in the lobby of one of the office-buildings right near the Liberty Bell/Independence Hall. It's a Parrish/Tiffany collaboration called "The Dream Garden" and no image can do justice to the amazing colors.

The picture below is pale and lame compared to the brilliance that you would see in person.



http://tinyurl.com/e4k7d

Very few tourists know about this, so you're likely to have the lobby to yourself. It's one of my favorite places in the city.

[Richardo]

6. I'd love to see that - I'm a Parrish *and* a stained glass freak

I've seen pics before, but... :wow:

[fudge stripe cookays]

9. Ooooh! I'll have to come to Philly just to see it!

Gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous!

fsc

[Terran]

10. Parrish and Tiffany collaborated??

God, that must be an astonishing work!

[Patiod]

13. If you're in Phila, come see it - it's free and open to the public

It's in the lobby of a regular office building. It used to be the Curtis Publishing building. Many years ago, my dad worked there, and he said he always came into the building from that side so that he could walk by the mural every morning.

Info on the mural:
http://tinyurl.com/e4k7d

[Terran]

15. Thanks for that link.

I have some on-line friends in Philly, so maybe I'll get to see it someday...I hope.

[MN ChimpH8R]

14. Thanks for the reminder

I saw that a few years ago when I was in Philly, and you're right, it is utterly overwhelming in person. It's beautiful beyond description.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

17. I can't even imagine how amazing that is in "real life"...

Beautiful!

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[Heidi]

8. Thank you!

If you enjoy realism, you might like this database: http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/contents.asp

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[Bush_Eats_Beef]

19. Wow! Very cool site!

Thanks for the URL. I encourage everyone else here to check it out.

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[REP]

11. This Will Make You Hate Me

I have an original Parrish lithograph (The Village Church).

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

18. No, hate and envy aren't necessarily the same thing...

...but it's envy in a "good" way...you're a very lucky person!

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