Stephen Parrish

Stephen Parrish
File:Stephen Parrish, November, 1880, NGA 183602.jpg Stephen Parrish's etching "November," 1880.
Born	Also known as Stephen Windsor Parrish, Stephen M. Parrish and Stephen Maxfield Parrish (1846-07-09)July 9, 1846 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	May 15, 1938(1938-05-15) (aged 91) Cornish, New Hampshire
Nationality	American
Known for	Printmaker, painter, illustrator
Spouse	Elizabeth Bancroft
Children	Artist Maxfield Parrish

Stephen Parrish (1846 – 1938) was an American painter and etcher who became one of the 19th century's most celebrated printmakers during the "American Etching Revival." Privately trained by painter and animal etcher Peter Moran, Parrish was best known for his landscape etching of "Eastern North America, particularly the harbors and villages of New England and Canada," and as the father of painter and illustrator Maxfield Parrish.

Career

See also: Etching and Etching revival

Parrish was engaged in mercantile pursuits until he was 30, when he applied himself to art, studying for a year with a local teacher. In 1878, he attended the Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia, and in 1879 at the National Academy in New York City. He soon turned his attention also to etching, and in December 1879, produced his first plate. After that he applied himself to both branches of art, exhibiting in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, London, Liverpool, Paris, Munich, Dresden, and Vienna.

Memberships

• New York Etching Club
• Society of Painter-Etchers of London

Personal life

Born to a Philadelphia Quaker family, Parrish married in 1869, and his only child, artist Frederick Maxfield Parrish was born in 1870.

Etchings

Parrish's etchings include: Northern Moorland and Low Tide — Bay of Fundy (1882); Coast of New Brunswick, Winter Evening — Windsor, Nova Scotia, and Bethlehem (1884); London Bridge and On the Thames (1886); and A Gloucestar Wharf (1887). Among his paintings are November (1880); In Winter Quarters (1884); Low Tide — Evening (1885); On the Rance, Brittany (1886); and The Road to Perry's Peak. He also frequently made etchings out of earlier sketches and drawings.

• In Port, 1882
  In Port, 1882
• Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1881
  Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1881
• Mills at Mispek, N.B., 1884
  Mills at Mispek, N.B., 1884
• A Gale at Fécamp, Normandy, 1886
  A Gale at Fécamp, Normandy, 1886
• Quebec, 1887
  Quebec, 1887

References

• Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Parrish, John" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
• Stephen Parrish: Rediscovered American Etcher at Woodmere Art Museum (visited 7 June 2010)
• public domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1891). Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Catalogue of pictures, a digitized exhibition catalog containing a list of works by the artist.