THE DELAWARE ART MUSEUM PRESENTS TWO STUNNING EXHIBITIONS DEVOTED TO MAXFIELD PARRISH (1870 – 1966). 'FANTASIES AND FAIRY TALES: MAXFIELD PARRISH AND THE ART OF THE PRINT', THE FIRST TRAVELING EXHIBITION OF PARRISH'S COLOUR LITHOGRAPH PRINTS (WHICH WERE MADE FROM HIS ORIGINAL PAINTINGS),IS ON VIEW FROM 31.OCTOBER.2009 THROUGH 10.JANUARY.2010. INCLUDED ARE REPRODUCTIONS OF COMMISSIONS FOR BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS, MAGAZINE COVERS, AND ADVERTISEMENTS. THE WORKS REVEAL PARRISH'S SENSE OF HUMOR AND HIS EYE FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN. THE SUBJECT OF THIS EXHIBITION IS THE PHENOMENON OF THE SIMULTANEOUS MERGING OF ADVANCES IN PRINT TECHNOLOGY WITH PARRISH'S SINGULAR GENIUS FOR CAPTURING THE IMAGINATION OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. IN ADDITION, 'MAXFIELD PARRISH: ILLUSTRATED LETTERS' IS ON VIEW FROM 17.OCTOBER.2009 THROUGH TO 17.JANUARY.2010. BETWEEN 1884 AND 1886, THE TEENAGE PARRISH TRAVELED TO ENGLAND AND EUROPE WITH HIS PARENTS. IN LETTERS HOME TO HIS COUSIN HENRY BANCROFT, PARRISH CHRONICLED AND ILLUSTRATED HIS EXPERIENCES. THESE YOUTHFUL ILLUSTRATED LETTERS PROVIDE A PEEK AT LIFE IN ENGLAND AND EUROPE IN THE MID-1880s THROUGH THE EYES OF A 14 YEAR OLD AND A HINT OF PARRISH'S AMAZING ADULT TALENT AND HUMOR. THE DELAWARE ART MUSEUM OWNS THESE LETTERS AS PART OF THE SAMUEL AND MARY BANCROFT ARCHIVAL COLLECTION.
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