THE PAINTED PERFECTION OF MAXFIELD PARRISH
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- Опубликовано: 15 фев 2022
- Early on in the Unsung Heroes series I featured American illustrator Maxfield Parrish. But in truth he's not all that unsung, and in the USA in particular he is considered one of the all time greats, with good reason.
So I hope that this more detailed examination of his work will make amends for that earlier error of judgement.
This was so enjoyable. I'm from the hippie generation that "discovered" Parrish in the 60's and I've loved him ever since.
Yes, same. I had his posters on the wall. They envisioned an idealised past as well as an ideal future..
Hello and me too. 1969, my first year at art school.Now I remember it better than I do what happened yesterday...
@@petebeard Ha! I know that feeling!
Same here! And then he became unfashionable…perhaps the world will rediscover him!
Parrish, Rackham, and Dulac. Found them in an illustration book years ago, loved them ever since.
I once heard Parrish described as "The most famous artist you've never heard of". Thanks!
Hello again and thanks for the comment. I suppose it's the real justification of the channel, but I'm always amazed by how many viewers haven't heard of some of these 20th century giants.
Maxfield Parrish has been my favorite artist since I was 16. I will be 65 this year. I own quite a few original prints from the 1920s done by the House Of Art NY. My second favorite is Louis Comfort Tiffany. I love art glass, I have an affinity for it. My sister says I'm a magpie because of my love for "shiny" objects.
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. I've admired his work for an alarming half century now and it never gets stale.
Have you seen the collaborative mural made by Parrish and Tiffany in Philadelphia? It is virtually unknown here . I have visited it perhaps three times in my 42 year residency here in Philadelphia, but even I sort of 'forget' about it, and as write this I wonder why I have visited it so infrequently. Partly this is because of its odd location, in the lobby of a rarely-visited building (not a museum where it would be much more broadly seen).
@@charlescushing1 I wasn't aware they worked together on a piece. That collaboration is like a dream come true. It must be spectacular.
@@Raittway it is very beautiful and is shown in the video above briefly and I am sure you can find it online. It was purchased by The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for a low price of about 3 million about ten years ago, but remains in the lobby of the Curtis Building on Washington Square in Philadelphia. Few people visit it. I think at some point it will likely be transferred to the museum where it would get thousands of times more exposure.
@@charlescushing1 thank you for letting me know it exists. I looked it up and it's breathtaking. I saw a Tiffany panel in Corning NY. I looked at it for so long, my (then) husband got annoyed. I would look at this for hours. I took classes in stained glass and made suncatchers for a while.
Thank you for this! I found Parrish after coming home from all the chaos of Viet Nam! I could sit and look at his art for hrs. It helped as much as anything could. No, It could transport me to another place and time!
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I can't imagine the hell of combat in that war, but I can see how the beauty of Parrish's work would at least help to compensate for that experience.
Welcome home.
"Daybreak" is currently hanging on my bedroom wall . It is an original print with the original frame. Thankfully it has been a cherished heirloom from my grandparents home. Lovely video.
Hello and thanks for the comment. I must say I have been surprised by how many viewers also have his work on their walls. Nice to know his appeal endures.
I too, have an original print and original framed Daybreak hanging on my wall at home. In the living room. I have been drawn to Parrish's work since I first laid eyes on it and have quite a few of his original prints and frames. Their beauty brings me joy. Bought most of them on eBay ;-)
I also have an original print of Daybreak hanging above our piano. It has influenced my playing.
Haha I have Daybreak on my wall just above my computer monitor. It's a beautiful lithograph. So I absolutely had to click the link =)
Completely engrossing and captivating from beginning to end. Maxfield Parrish was such a superb artist, illustrator, his use of vibrant colors is unparalleled.
Hello and thanks for your glowing report for the video.
A large poster of "Daybreak" was the first new item I ever purchased to decorate my home in 1975.
Excellent choice!
I was gifted “contentment “ around the same time.
“Ecstasy “ was mine, in the same year! 💜💙💚
I fairly certain that the production design of Rivendell, in the movie version of Tolkein's "Lord of the Rings", was heavily inspired by Maxfield Parrish.
Hello and I wasn't aware of this concept artist but now I've seen the work I see you have a strong case.
Perhaps Parrish was an inspiration and I would add that the Art Nouveau style in art, architecture, furniture, etc...was a stronger influence for LOTR.
It is totally appropriate for two of the greatest artists of the twentieth century to be teamed in common as you describe. Tolkien and Parrish fit like a hand in glove. Our time was fortunate for witnessing the work of those greats concurrently.
Totally. Parrish inspired the 60s/70s generation of illustrators like Jeff Jones, Michael Kaluta, and Barry Windsor-Smith, who were contemporaries of LOTR artist Alan Lee.
Especially The White Bird album cover artwork.
These paintings make me feel as though fantasy worlds are real. His use of color is absolutely masterful. I especially love how he used blues and oranges. This is stunning creative genius!
Hello and thanks for your comment. And yes perhaps more than anyone Parrish had the ability to seduce you into the worlds he created. Sad that it's only a fantasy.
@@petebeard No it's not! !!! It's as real as you want to believe it is!
Pete, thank you for all of your works. Because of you, I and sure many other people know all these amazing artists. Thank you and I wish you all the best ❤️
Hello and your appreciation of what I'm trying to do with the channel is a great encouragement to me.
Many thanks from me as well. It's good you remember them for the rest of us. Unsung heros. Be blessed.
Hello and your appreciation means a lot. Thanks.
Parrish paintings has that holographic feeling where you can see the layers individually but somehow make the full picture more alive and 3D, cel animation has that feeling too so you could say that you can see his works move in your imagination. Great video as always.
Right you are. When you see one up close it's very 3D feeling. The glazing layers between colors was incredible.
Hello and many thanks for the comment. I've never seen one in the flesh, so to speak, and sadly probably never will.
Maxfield Parrish used an oil color glaze very carefully manipulated by meticulously stippling, carving, and scaping - then a thin coat of clear lacquer - hand-rubbed glass smooth with very fine pumice paste - then another oil color glaze worked the same way - followed by progressive clear coats and hand-polishing. The effect is nearly a Kodachrome 3-D effect (almost a lenticular effect) or a cell photograph using overlays and backlighting. He was a master modeler, photographer, machinist, toymaker, sculpturer, as well as an Artist! My father paints the same way - only he uses thin enamels and lacquer. Myself, I too am an Artist - only I work with acrylics and french powders and clear mediums or lacquer... once in a while egg tempera. I also use an airbrush with alcohol stains followed by a thin coat of lacquer. I know how to use oils, but I like acrylics for illustrating.
@@faerieSAALE Can this glazing effect be obtained with acrylics?
@@TheKafkianProcess Yes, but it's more complex and quite frankly it's more effective to do with traditional oil. Glazing with oil paints will save you a lot of headaches.
Your videos go a long way toward tearing down the hurtful divide artificially drawn between fine art and illustration. Parrish is but one example of artists who move fluidly between both worlds, and this piece makes that perfectly clear.
Hello and many thanks for your comment and insights about that art/illustration conundrum.
Excellent! I remember arguing with someone that said Hogarth wasn't a "real" artist, but a commercial illustrator.
As a life-long professional artist myself I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment. Our finest illustrators had first to be very good, and often great, artists. And the variety of Parrish's works, along with his willingness to grow and learn over time, mark him as almost incredibly creative by any measure.
And slop "artist" like Pollock made millions and great praise from the critics because he was able to make a mess by willy nilly dribbling different colors all over a canvas that a two year old could easily surpass in creatively portraying vomit....Art and critics should never be permitted to inhabit the same space....Parrish was a extremely gifted and well disciplined genius...
Pollock was not...🤮
@philipcallicoat3147 what Jackson did was throw the rule book out, stopped using brushes and effectively created a new avenue of application of medium. Some of his works today are proven authenticity by finding a cigarette butt generally at the bottom of a painting infused into the layers of paint. Tests for DNA proof. And to think he used to trade the general store keeper originals for a Sixpack of beer.
Oh gosh, one of my favourite artists! I feel so lucky to have seen his mural in the Regis Hotel.
Hello and I'm envious as Ive never seen an original Parrish- and probably never will.
His works are by far my very favorite.. they touch something in my soul... The way he paints those glows of sunlight and the beauty in his every brush stroke and his fantastic classical Greek reminiscences.. perfection!
Hello and many thanks for your comment. It seems that judging by many viewers' reactions to this video Parrish strikes a chord and evokes a similar emotional reaction to your own. I have to laugh at most of what is called 'fantasy art' in contemporary times.
One of my favorite artists. His works are as iconic as Mucha’s or Alma-Tadema’s. This was a very nice tribute to Parrish’s career. Thanks for sharing!
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. Another viewer mentioned Alma Tadema and I must admit I'd never heard of him. Brilliant work.
@@petebeard … Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was considered to be a “fine artist” rather than an illustrator, but I love his glimpses into the ancient world. Since most of his paintings featured beautiful women in idyllic settings, one of my favorites of his works is “A Pyrrhic Dance” as it features Greek Warriors. It was Ridley Scott’s inspiration for the Gladiator scenes in the movie. I came across him by (happy) accident, years ago, when I was working in a bookstore and happened to be shelving books in the art section one night.
Pete!!! This guy was brilliant. So hard to believe a man did these artworks in the mediums he did. Thank you, absolutely appreciate your effort in these episodes.👋👋👋
Hello again and thanks again for your ppreciation of this video, and your ongoing support of the channel.
When I heard that a Maxfield Parish was at the Minneapolis Institute of Art I lost no time getting over there!
His posters light up any room. Thank you for presenting this.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciative comment.
One of my favs, thank-you again! Maxfield used oil paints in layers w/ varnish, so the light would go through the layers and bounce back for a look of incredible depth and jewel tones.
Hello again and thanks for the comment as ever. Im glad you enjoyed it.
Parrish would hand paint all of his canvases white before he’d even start on a new project. He’d even spend up to a week just preparing the canvases. His paints were called glazes, oil paint mixed with something, can’t remember what he used. And like you mentioned, the light would shine thru the glaze, bounce off the white background, and reflect back the color he was trying to achieve. Example, purple, depending on what color purple he wanted, he’d either start with Red or Blue, then paint over that with the other color.
Daybreak is suppose to have 11 different shades of white.
Wow! The things that you've missed in your own backyard. I live an hour away from Cornish, NH. I'll be planning a joy ride out soon to see the place for myself. I've also just discovered Saint Gaudens Historic park. We'll make a whole day of it. Also planning my trip to the American Museum of Illustration in Newport, RI to see their Maxfield Parrish collection. That's more of a 3 hour journey, but it will be well worth the time. Thanks for this awesome video and educating me about things just outside my door. :) You're the best Pete!
Hello again and many thanks for your comment. I'm deeply envious that you have such treasures on your doorstep, metaphorically speaking.
@@petebeard Speaking of which...The Lady Lever Gallery in Port Sunlight here on the wirral is eclectic to say the least...a few Pre Raphaelites..amongst others...
Hi again and I visited the gallery quite a few years back with a group of sullen and largely unappreciative students. But you have reminded me that it does indeed house some rather nice work and I'll put another visit (without students) on my to-do list.
His house burned in a fire but his studio still stands in Cornish.
Wow! Thank you so much for this fabulous introduction (to me, at least) to his work. The blues of his skies and seas are just sumptuous! Greatly appreciated.
Hello and I'm glad to have introduced you to his work.
That blue he developed on his own and is called Parrish blue. He created when he had TB.
My mother collected Mayfield Parish , she loved him. I grew up with his prints all in our houses. I love him also. Thank you so much for this post, brought back many memories!
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of the video.
What an amazing artist /illustrator. He is one of my all time faves . Excellent docu on the artist.
Hello again and thanks a lot for your apprecirion of this video - it seems to be pretty popular with many viewers.
Thanks again, Pete. I fell in love with Parrish in my teens, and was fortunate several decades later to visit the first exhibition of his works ever mounted, in Nashua, New Hampshire, in the '90s. The magic of that exhibition was palpable. Every canvas exhibited a level of painterly skill that boggled the mind, the landscapes in particular. I get goosebumps remembering. Would you consider a video devoted to just the landscapes? There were so few of them in this one.
Hello and thanks a lot for the appreciation. Sadly I've never seen an original Parrish (or any of the American realists for that matter, and probably never will. Needless to say I envy you the experience. Regarding the landscapes I'd consider that outside the remit of the channel. For me it's all about the illustration. I have nothing against art (other than abstract expressionism and a few others) and in the case of Mucha, Parrish and quite a few othes it would be churlish to ignore the art, but equally I do want to shine more light on the commercial work.
Another in my top five favorite artists. He was also brilliant in other fields and quite handsome. I got to see an exhibition and if you think the prints are awesome, wait til you see the originals.❣
Hello and sadly I doubt I'll ever see his work in the flesh, so to speak.
Your presentations are always a delight, this one particularly so. Thank you, Pete.
Hello and thanks a lot for the appreciation.
I discovered you only a month or two ago, but I wanted to tell you how important, informative and beautiful your videos are. I'm an artist myself and teach art and I now recommend your videos to many of my students. Thank you for all you do to produce these and for allowing others to learn and enjoy all these amazing artists.
Hello and many thanks for your favourable response to the channel. And trying to reach students was a primary aim of the channel, as I taught for about 15 years and realised if I didn't widen their horizons not many others were even trying to. Now I can reach students in several far flung places I'm delighted to say, and the addition of yours is very rewarding.
Thank you!. I always appreciate seeing another upload, and to be further inspired by the world of illustration.
Hello and that's very good to know.
Pete, I must say you have a lovely speaking voice. This was wonderful to listen to.
Maxfield Parrish has always been one of my favorites.
Thank you.
Cheers
Hello and many thanks for your appreciative comment The reference to my voice has made this old man blush, and although other viewers have been equally kind about it this has come as a great surprise to me. To me I just sound like me, if you see what I mean.
Thank you for sharing this mans incredible art. Well done.
Hello and thanks to you for your appreciation.
Love this! I have two Parrish posters acquired in 1970 or so. Marvels of color, light, and form.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation.
Thanks Pete for another great video - as always much appreciated and enjoyed!
Hello and thanks as usual. Parrish seems to be a more than usually popular subject.
❤
Speechless and grateful to see such artistry and magnificence.
...and another comment! Thanks again and I'm delighted you have enjoyed the channel content.
I love your videos, makes me feel like I'm back in college. I love learning about these artists and seeing their works. Thank you so much for making these, Pete! God bless.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciative comment about the channel.
I love Maxfield Parrish but there were a lot of images here I had never seen. Thanks so much for all the work you put into your videos, they´re lovely!
Hello and my thanks for your appreciation of this video and the channel in general.
Another superbly researched and informative video Pete. Thank you for keeping the legacy of the legends alive.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation and support.
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you, Pete!
Hello and your appreciation of the video is most welcome, so thanks for watching.
Thank you for making this video, and thanks to Mr Parrish for all the great joy and beauty he has given me through his artwork. When I look at his work, I am transported to “Oz”, a super-reality of incredible light and color, peace, love and magic.
Hello and thanks for the comment. Quite a few other viewers have expressed similar responses to the immersion into his world. Its easy to forget you're looking at a 2D image.
What a great artist. I wouldn't mind having a few "prints" of his genius paintings. Thank you so much for uploading and sharing this great mans paintings! 😀
Hello and i hink there are loads of them for sale online.
Such beautiful works. Love the video!
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment.
I had never heard of him until this; boy, have I been missing out. What a talent.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. Im pleased to have introduced you to this work of a true genius (and I don't mean me).
Thank you so much for introducing me to such an incredible artist. Perfection. Would have taken me a few more decades to discover him without your wonderful research… its very much appreciated.
Hello and I'm very pleased to hear I brought his work to your attention. Once seen never forgotten, I think.
Very much so. Perfection.
Thank you!
I laughed when you mentioned the projector. We are still accusing each other of "cheating" for tracing in art... I do not think it will ever stop.
Hello, and I always come back to the same conclusion. If it was good enough for Caravaggio...
@@petebeard Where is the evidence that Carravaggio used an obscura? Because David Hockney said he did?
@@petebeard You do realise that tracing from a photo underneath a modern light projector (now usually digitally produced) and tracing from an obscura from life are two somewhat subtly different propositions? You do also (I hope) realise that tracing is not drawing, but tracing, which is why it's called 'tracing'. Drawing freehand is not 'tracing' except in the sense that hand and eye are in concert, which is why the skill of the result is usually that much more interesting. There is nowhere to go in tracing, the path of line is already dictated. Rubens and Rembrandt never used an obscura and they are all the better for it in my view. Obscuras in the earlier days often led to orthogonal mistakes anyway as I'm sure you're about to mention with the oversized hand in 'Supper at Emmaus' and suchlike. So using the obscura in the early days could really negate what could have been corrected by hand. Modern projectors distort visual phenomenon anyway, which has already been distorted by the camera lens that produced the print. Project if you must, but it's not true drawing, and drawing is part and parcel of the expressive content.
Of course it hasn't and can't now be proven but Hockney merely popularised what Roberta Lapucci had earlier maintained with considerable plausibility and evidence, and as both Leonardo and Michelangelo are both known to have at least experimented with the device it seems pretty likely to me. And I don't recall saying that tracing was the same as drawing. And I'm sure I'm not the first to point out that your patronising and pompous opinions aren't going to win you any friends. Please steer well clear of the channel and save me the trouble of making you invisible.
@@Lytton333 At the risk of feeding a troll, I am an artist. I love and understand art, and am excellent at both digital painting and pencil / ink on paper. Art has never been about technique or skill, except insomuch as without both I cannot bring my visions to life. If you want cheating and rules, perhaps professional sports are more your cup of tea.
I'm a longtime Parrish fan. Thanks for the great video about him.
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment.
Thank you for posting incredible information about him. I've been an admirer of his for decades!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation.
When I was a college student in the 1960s, I had an attic room which had a dormer over the front porch of the house.
Hanging in the dormer was a calendar of Maxfield Parirish's paintings. It was produced as an advertisement by the Ahura-Mazda Lamp Corperation. When I moved on it was still hanging there. I wish I had it today.
Oh if only we knew the value of things from our youth...
I was born in 1963, so yeah, I have seen some of Parrish's work,especially DAYBREAK in prints. He had to be the inspiration for the Hildebandt brother.
Hello, and it seems to me a long line of other later fantasy artists were just as influenced.
Thank you very much for producing this wonderful video.
Hello and thanks a lot. I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Such a talented artist, wow! Thank you Pete for your videos, and for my continued education. Wendy 😊
I’ve long been a huge fan of his work. I currently have “Reverie” and “Ecstasy” hanging in my bedroom and one other whose title I don’t know. I have a giclee of “Daybreak” but it’s not framed yet. Edit: I looked it up and it’s called “Morning Spring.” Just beautiful and dreamy.
Hello and many thanks for your comment. I'm pleased you enjoyed the video about this great talent.
Funny I have Ecstasy print hanging in my bedroom to
Thank you for helping me discover this artist, I absolutely love his atmospheric paintings so inspiring!
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. I'm glad you enjoyed his work.
Excellent work, as always!
He and your comment is most welcome. Thanks.
Thank you Pete this is fabulous.
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment.
Great Pete! With each video we enlarge our art knowledge, it's something as a heaven' gitf having you working for us!
Hello again Gabriel. As usual I'm very grateful for your appreciation and support of th channel. I hope you are well and I wish I was in barcelona.
Amazing channel.
Thank you.
Hello and thanks a lot. I hope you continue to enjoy the content.
Such beautiful and astounding works! And presented in a wonderful video too!
Hello and your comment is greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much---thoroughly enjoyed this!
Hello and many thanks for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Well done. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Hello and thanks for watching and commenting favourably.
What a pleasure to view! Thank you
Hello and many thanks for your positive comment.
Always time well spent. Thank you once again for your insights!
Hello and I'm very pleased you enjoyed the video. Thanks a lot for the favourable comment.
Excellent presentation, Mr. Beard! I learned a lot about the man from this. Thank you very much for this.
I've been a life-long lover of Parrish and I suppose I'm also from the hippie generation of southern California where we re-discovered him and eagerly posted many of his posters on our walls, which I still do today.
Very cool Peter! Thoroughly enjoyed your exploration of the work of this remarkable artist. Thank you.
Hello again, and many thanks for your comment and appreciation. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Great channel! Happy to have discovered it!
Hello and welcome aboard. I'm glad you found the channel.
Another artist I had never heard of, and now do, thanks to you Pete. Great presentation
Hello, and it gives me great pleasure to know I'm introducing these talented people to viewers.
Wonderful documentary, as always! Thank you so much!😃❤️
Hello and thanks for the positive comment.
Another wonderful video Pete, another great artist but all your videos show us amazing work of beauty and skill that puts any of us who have worked in some way as 'artists' to shame.
Hello again and your continued interest in the channel is much appreciated.
Pete, your presentations are superb and a most welcome tonic! Thank you for your insight into this wonderful artist.
Hello again and thanks for your continued appreciation - it's greatly valued.
Such a wonderful video with so many examples of the artist work & a history of the remarkable man….most enjoyable,thank you
Hi again and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for the comment.
The childhood work of Parrish is very humbling. Thank you for this video Pete! Really enjoying it.
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment.
enjoyed this tremendously. thank you
Hello and your appreciation is most welcome. Thanks.
As I longtime subsciber I thought it was time to share a note of thanks. With each of your short jewel-like productions you manage to perfectly balance easy-to-listen-to narration, hand selected art relevant to the words, as well as an amazing scholarship on whatever artist you're featuring. It's sort of like sitting down with an amazing coffee table book every time.
Hello and your positive response to the channel is music to my ears. This has been and continues to be a real labour of love for me and comments such as yours make it even more worthwhle.
I think he is my most favorite artist! He did the sort of work that was prolific and multiple variety to keep one's imagination sharp!❤️🎨🖌️🖼️🎭📚👍
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I try to use the word 'genius' very sparingly, but in his case it's a statement of fact.
Thank you such an interesting vid. I have always liked the work of MP, and it is good to know more about him.
Hello and thanks for the comment. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Beautifully done! This presentation was a work of art in itself. Bravo!!!
Hello and thanks a lot for the compliment. I think Parrish did most of the hard work...
Thank you for a wonderful video on this artist.
Hello and your appreciation is very welcome.
Beautiful presentation, all around, Pete!
Hi and thanks a lot.
Absolutely fantastic, some of the most beautiful pics I have ever seen. Thank you.
Hello and thanks for the appreciation. I see you are a writer of fantasy so you might be interested in my video 'Origins of Fantasy Art' - if you haven't already seen it.
One of your best videos... no doubt about it.
Hello and thanks, I'm glad you appreciate the video.
Thank you for this. I will never forget seeing a huge exhibition of his work at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY. Took my breath away. Some of the paintings took up an entire wall. Seeing it in person is a must if you ever have the chance.
Hello, and that has long been on my bucket list. In the UK we are very bad at remembering our illustrators (altjough not our artists such as they are). Seeing original artwork is a rare opportunity.
Thank you for showing this beautiful amazing arts
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The amazing ability to freehand a mind blowing reproduction of a thought or vision!
Pete, Thank you for this!
Hello and thanks to you for the positive comment.
Thank you Peter for such an illuminating Video! I have seen some of these wonderful works but not until now, known of the Artist that created then. It is also wonderful that we have this opportunity to appreciate the range of works of Maxfield Parrish. I shall as a consequence, look for some prints of his works, if they still exist; that I may enjoy them on a more lasting basis, rather than a wonderful flash in the pan that a video is!
Hello and thanks a lot for the appreciation. There is a lot of his work available to buy online so I don't think you'll have any problem in that regard.
Thank you for all the work you put in this videos Pete... I am knowing a lot of this artists thanks to you; I consider you a friend, a very Knowledgest virtual friend :)
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel. It is a good feeling to know I'm introducing these illustrators to viewers such as yourself. Muchas gracias, amigo.
Maxfield Parrish was always one of my favorites! Thanks for the video
Hello and youre more than welcome. Thanks for the appreciation.
Thank you for this video, I've never heard of this artist before yet his style is so beautiful. I'm looking forward to seeing more of these classic fantasy artwork videos
Hello and it's very rewarding to know I've introduced you and other viewers to his remarkable work.
This might be called a legacy, what beautiful series!
Thank you sir for your very well presented impressive inspirational series!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. Such comments really make my day.
Wow Pete, love hearing about Maxfield Parrish's working methods. Thanks for the insight and portrait of this wonderful artist!
Hello and thanks. I wish I could have found out more about his methods but the sources I used tended to be more interested in his marital status and what he liked for breakfast unfortunately.
Delightful production!
Hello and I'm pleased you think so.
You've the voice of a master story teller,thank you for your work and channel, love it,😊👍😁
Hello and that is a most appreciated comment. It's amazing what a lifetime's nicotine abuse can do for your vocal chords. Me and Leonard Cohen...
Absolutely Beautiful ,Thank you for sharing this information. One of my favorites.
Hello and my thanks for your appreciation of this video.
Beautiful presentation, should be seen by all, thanks!
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment.
Thank you Pete Beard for this utterly satisfying video of Maxfield Parris - it delights the eye indeed, and conjures up nothing but happy memories ( real and imagined) - I hope it was a pleasure to put together, too. Your musical selections as background are just right as accompaniment, occasionally surfacing to remind : gilding the lily ~
Thank you very much!
Hi again and I'm very pleased you enjoyed this. It seems Mr. Parrish exerts a powerful hold on his viewers, and has that knack for drawing them into his imaginary world. What a talent.
This was a beautifully presented documentary of an artist I knew little, if any about. Thank you for such a wonderful insight to a brilliant artist.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the video. It's good to know viewers enjoy the content.
Wonderful life & work, and what a wonderful documentation about it!
Hello and many thanks for your comment, and appreciation of the video. I hope you'll look for more of interest on the channel.
Wonderful job on the production of.this video. Beautifully shot and narrated
Hello and thanks a lot for the appreciation of the video, and my contribution to it. Parrish did all the hard work...
thanks always one of of my faves
Thanks for the comment and your opinion of parrish is shared by many others I'm glad to say.
A lovely presentation on the genius!
Many thanks for it.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of this video.
Thanks for your amazing videos. I got into oil painting during the pandemic and am really enjoying it. Love looking and learning about all of the art you show in your videos. They are inspiring.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. It's very welcome.
I love his work, those crystal blues. Thanks for the video!
Hello and thanks for the appreciation.
What an excellent little video! I learned a lot about about one of my favorite artists. Thank you!
Hello and thanks for your appreciation.