Joanna Maxfield Parrish, Granddaughter Of Maxfield Parrish, To Make Special Appearance At Meyda Tiffany Showroom In Dallas

Furniture World Magazine

Meyda Tiffany, the nation's leading manufacturer and designer of Tiffany lamps and decorative lighting, will host a Special Autograph Signing Appearance by Joanna Maxfield Parrish, the granddaughter of world-famous American artist Maxfield Parrish, at the International Winter 2002 Gifts, Lighting and Home Furnishings Market in Dallas Joanna Maxfield Parrish will meet lighting and home furnishing buyers from Friday, January 11th from 5-8 PM, Saturday, January 12th from 9 AM-6 PM, and Sunday, January 13th from 9 AM- 1 PM. Meyda Tiffany will exhibit its complete line at Showroom #4626 in The Dallas Trade Mart. Joanna will help launch Meyda Tiffany's all-new Maxfield Parrish™ Museum Collection, and discuss the masterworks that inspired the spectacular lighting and home decor. She will autograph Art Posters which are free to buyers who wear their Meyda Ties or Scarves into the Meyda Tiffany showroom. Joanna will delight visitors as she shares heartwarming stories about her grandfather and his legendary endeavors. She will also display family photo albums, books and videos illustrating the early years with her famed grandfather. Meyda Tiffany's Maxfield Parrish™ Museum Collection includes lighting and home decor featuring reproductions of Maxfield Parrish. The line is officially licensed and authorized by the Maxfield Parrish Family Trust and ARTShows and Products. Meyda Tiffany will introduce lamps, ceiling pendants, art glass windows fireplace screens, framed art and other decor recreating some of Parrish's masterpieces: "STARS" (1926); "DAYBREAK" (1922); "ECSTASY" (1929); THE RESERVOIR (1903); "REVERIES" (1913); "TALLWOOD PEARL" (1955); "WHITE BIRCH" (1931); "WATERFALL" (1930); "AQUAMARINE" (1917); "PARCHEESI" (c.1913-1920); "THE GLEN" (1936); "WINTER" (1906); "GRISELDA" (1910; and "CINDERELLA" (1913). Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) is one of the best known and most successful artists of his day. He is remembered today as one of America's foremost illustrators. For 65 years Parrish produced book, magazine, and calendar illustrations, advertisements, posters, paintings and murals using a unique combination of luminescent color, realism, spatial balance, and fantastical imagery that captured the imagination of America. During the 1920s, a Maxfield Parrish print was displayed in one out of every four households in the United States. Such popular works as Daybreak (1922), Stars(1926) and Ecstasy (1929) show Parrish at the very pinnacle of his craft. Painters and Illustrators have tried, but no other artist has succeeded in equaling the technical excellence, or poetic properties, of Parrish at his best. Parrish's career began in 1895 with his mural Old King Cole, painted for the Mask and Wig Club at the University of Pennsylvania. His first magazine illustration, for the cover of the Easter 1895 edition of Harper's Bazaar, led to magazine commissions for more than 25 other national magazines over the course of the next 40 years. His early book illustrations for, Italian Villas and Their Gardens, with text by Edith Wharton, remain classics even today. Parrish's numerous and lucrative commissions led to a financial success often unheard of in the art world. Between 1918 and 1932 Parrish produced illustrations for the Edison Mazda Division of the General Electric Company, for use in their annual calendars. From 1920 through the 1950s, the House of Art distributed millions of Parrish's art prints, making him one of the most-reproduced artists in history. His paintings were reproduced by Brown and Bigelow, yielding 17 million calendars, one million greeting cards, and one million prints from 1936 and ending in 1962, two years before he died. In 1964 Parrish appeared at various retrospective exhibitions of his work. The next year, the most important art museum in the United States, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, purchased a painting from him. Just ten days after the close of an exhibition of his work, on March 30, 1966, Maxfield Parrish died quietly at "The Oaks" at the age of 95, having lived a full, fortunate and extremely productive life. For more information, contact Meyda Tiffany at One Meyda Fine Place, 55 Oriskany Boulevard, Yorkville, New York 13495. The Toll-Free telephone number is (800) 222-4009 and the Toll-Free fax number is (800) 651-3453. Website: www.meyda.com E-Mail: sales@meyda.com Meyda Tiffany is headquartered in Yorkville, NY.