The Lantern Bearers by Maxield Parrish

Maxfield Parrish is one of my most favorite painters. I always wondered about this piece because when I was younger it looked to me like a group of clowns, holding Japanese paper lanterns. I believe Parrish, like many artists, may have been an enigma even to himself.

Parrish was born in 1870 and died in 1966. His art was featured Nathaniel Hawthorne's A Wonderbook of Tanglewood Tales and over one BILLION advertising ads.