Restoration of Parrish’s “Old King Cole” in Manhattan
John Jacob Astor IV commissioned a young Maxfield Parrish to paint a mural for the barroom of The Knickerbocker Hotel, Astor’s glamorous new hotel on Broadway and 42nd Street.
San Francisco: Saving Parrish’s “Pied Piper” at the Palace Hotel
“The Pied Piper of Hamelin” was commissioned for $6,000 in the aftermath of San Francisco’s 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire. Parrish’s creation made its debut with the grand reopening of the Palace Hotel in 1909.
A Philadelphia Story: Saving Maxfield Parrish’s “The Dream Garden” at the Curtis Center
The Curtis Center is where Cyrus Curtis founded his first magazine, the Ladies Home Journal, in 1883. He also published The Saturday Evening Post, which once was the most widely circulated weekly magazine in America.