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Frederick Maxfield Parrish
Biography

"...it is rather interesting to be alive and think of things; to take delight in the trivial qualities of the material world around you, having discovered long ago you don't have to go so far afield to get it.

I sometimes think the dawn of a new day, the magic silence of mid-winter is about all there is, and however that may perhaps be, it is good to know no better."

Frederick Parrish was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 25 July, 1870.

He later took the family name of Maxfield as a middle name, and it was by the name "Maxfield Parrish" that he became known professionally.

Maxfield Parrish grew up in a nearly ideal environment for a budding artist.

The son of an artist, Parrish was educated at Haverford College, Pennsylvania, and studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (l–94) and the.

His cultured parents encouraged the development of his artistic talents by exposing him to fine music, literature and the visual arts from an early age. His father, especially, encouraged young Frederick to develop his talent.

In 1888 Parrish entered Haverford College, intent on becomi