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The dreamlike skies of American artist Maxfield Parrish — so good they named a shade of blue after him. Hard to comprehend these were painted 100 years ago.
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I hadn't seen the first piece before ("Close of Day"), and thought perhaps its charming gauziness was mainly down to digital limitations in that particular file, but no-- it really does look like Parrish painted this to capture that specific visual aspect. Amazing.
For example, what I compared it to:
https://imginn.com/p/DJzka2DtGSy/
It looks like a film photo, but if the film and exposure settings weren't correct for the failing light.
I really like it.