Maxfield Parrish Morning Spring

Maxfield Parrish Morning, Spring 1922 Vintage Fine Art Painting Maxfield Parrish 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 …

Grant Wood American Gothic

Grant Wood American Gothic Print Fine Art Painting American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood’s inspiration came from what is now known as the American Gothic House, and his decision to paint the house along with “the kind of people I fancied should live …

John James Audubon American Flamingo

John James Audubon American Flamingo (1834) John James Audubon was a French American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major work, a color-plate book entitled The Birds of America, …

Thomas Cole The Voyage Of Life Youth

Thomas Cole The Voyage Of Life: Youth 1842 The Voyage of Life, painted by Thomas Cole in 1842, is a series of paintings that represent an allegory of the four stages of human life: childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. The paintings follow a voyager who travels in a boat on a river through the …