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Parrish (MAXFIELD an American decorator)

MAXFIELD, an American decorator and painter. Born in Philadelphia in 1870 and studied at Drexel Institute and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His work soon became widely known for its rich colored effects, which are especially good in his illustrations of the imagination of childhood. Probably his most successful work in illustrating books was achieved in the Arabian Nights. His later work has been chiefly in mural decoration and his largest single piece of work as well as his most successful is the series of seventeen panels in the Curtis Publishing Company's Building in Philadelphia.