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

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Career

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

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in Philadelphia, and in 1879 at the National Academy in

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. 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,

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, Philadelphia,

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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

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. File:Stephen Parrish, In Port, etching 1882.jpeg, In Port, 1882 File:Stephen Parrish, Marblehead, 1881, NGA 145560.jpg,

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, 1886 File:Stephen Parrish, Quebec, 1887, NGA 148306.jpg, Quebec, 1887

References

*
Stephen Parrish: Rediscovered American Etcher
at Woodmere Art Museum (visited 7 June 2010) *

External links

''Catalogue of pictures''
a digitized exhibition catalog containing a list of works by the artist. 1846 births 1938 deaths 18th-century American painters 18th-century American male artists American male painters 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists American etchers 20th-century American painters 20th-century American printmakers 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1840s-stub