Maxfield Parrish illustration, 1922, oil on panel. Maxfield Parrish (July 25, 1870 – March 30, 1966) was an American painter and illustrator. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he began drawing for his own amusement as a child. His father was an engraver and landscape artist, and young Parrish's parents encouraged his talent. He attended Haverford College and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He entered into an artistic career that lasted for more than half a century, and which helped shape the Golden Age of illustration and the future of American visual arts. Vintage retro cute cool girly colorful pastel artistic elegant decor American nature landscape fine art painting.
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Haystacks under a Rainy Sky, Vincent van Gogh Postcard
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist. Some of his paintings are now among the world's best known, most popular and expensive works of art.
Oil on canvas, 64 x 52.5 cm. Otterlo, Kroeller-Mueller Museum. F 563, JH 2121
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