Parrish Blue

Duration: 0:27:00

Year Published: 1976

Creator: International Film Bureau

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Traces the work of painter-illustrator Maxfield Parrish in talks with Norman Rockwell, Donald Reichart, and Maxfield Parrish, Jr. in Parrish's Cornish, New Hampshire, studio. Examines his commercial posters and advertisements, magazine covers, illustrations for children's books, murals, and paintings for greeting cards and calendars. Explains the techniques he used for proper lighting and shading, his attention to detail, and his use of transparent glazes to retain intense colors. Notes Parrish's theory of life and art, cyclic return to popularity, and early use of geometric designs and abstract letters and numbers.

Complete Record: , Traces the work of painter-illustrator Maxfield Parrish in talks with Norman Rockwell, Donald Reichart, and Maxfield Parrish, Jr. in Parrish's Cornish, New Hampshire, studio. Examines his commercial posters and advertisements, magazine covers, illustrations for children's books, murals, and paintings for greeting cards and calendars. Explains the techniques he used for proper lighting and shading, his attention to detail, and his use of transparent glazes to retain intense colors. Notes Parrish's theory of life and art, cyclic return to popularity, and early use of geometric designs and abstract letters and numbers.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.