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Title: The Make Believe World of Maxfield Parrish and Sue Lewin by Alma Gilbert-Smith, Alma Gilbert ISBN: 0-89815-936-9 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: September, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Beautiful Pictures, But Weak Text
Comment: Any book containing attractive reproductions of Maxfield Parrish's work is bound to be visually stunning. But the text is loaded with partially informed speculation about the relationship between Parrish and Sue Lewin, his favorite model. The author is an art dealer, not a historian, and her lack of analytical training is a serious problem. Maybe Lewin was Parrish's lover. But where's the concrete evidence? Everything that the author presents to support her contentions is either hearsay or capable of more than one interpretion. The fact that they shared a house for several decades is a VERY persuasive fact, but Gilbert damages her credibility -- and her case -- by tossing in too much pointless guessing.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Fascinating Look into the Life of an Artist & his Subject
Comment: Being an admirer of Parrish's work since childhood, I had always wondered how he worked since his paintings had a sort of surreal realism to them. I was surprised to find that he utilized photographs instead of live models and that Sue Lewin was the model for the majority of his most famous works. The art is not only beautiful in the book, but the photos are just as incredible as the paintings themselves. A must have book for anyone who has admired Maxfield Parrish's work.
Rating: 4
Summary: This book is a fun, light, easy read.
Comment: This book is full of conjecture about Maxfield Parrish's private life and his relationship with his model, Sue Lewin. Their relationship was kept very private (due to his married state), yet they lived together most of their lives. Despite the guessing (most of which is probably correct) on the author's part, it is a fun, easy book to read and gives a sense of the times.
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Title: Maxfield Parrish Masterworks 2004 Calendar by Alma Gilbert ISBN: 1559498080 Publisher: Tidemark Pr Ltd Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Maxfield Parrish: 1870-1966 by Sylvia Yount ISBN: 0810982293 Publisher: Abradale Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.98 |
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Title: Over the Rainbow by Maxfield Parrish, Linda Sunshine, E.Y. Harburg, Mary Tiegreen ISBN: 094180738X Publisher: Welcome Enterprises Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Maxfield Parrish by Judy A.G. Cutler, Laurence S. Cutler ISBN: 0517161222 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 17 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Maxfield Parrish: The Masterworks by Alma Gilbert ISBN: 1580083293 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $85.00 |
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