Maxwell Parrish - Photo-Realistic Paintings

One of the best known and most preferred collectible artists of the early Twentieth Century is Maxwell Parrish. He is best known as a master in photo-realistic paintings genre. His painting “Daybreak” sold in 1996 for more than $4 million. Parrish was so popular in the 1920’s that it has been estimated that one of his prints adorned a quarter of all American homes.

Parrish prints are a hot commodity even today. The print on the left titled, “Boy on a Swing,” in its original frame was recently sold on eBay for just over $182. Other collectible works by this artist include the calendars that he created for Edison Mazda and illustrations that he created for different publications in his younger days. Mr. Parrish was born in 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, retired in 1960, and passed away in 1966.

NOVA-Antiques Newsletter Archives August 18, 2005 . . . .

Vintage Advertising Illustrations by Artist Frances Hook

Vintage Advertising Prints, Illustrations by Frances Hook: The girls are part of the American Beauties for Northern Tissue Paper and the boys were part of the Northern Towels All American Boys. Both Northern Tissue & Northern Towel were part of the Northern Paper Company. These prints were premiums that customers had to send away for. These illustrations also appeared in the Saturday Evening Post advertisements for the paper products. Frances Hook started these illustrations in 1958.