Daybreak (painting)
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| '''Daybreak''' is a painting by [[Maxfield Parrish]] made in [[1922]]. ''Daybreak'' is regarded as the most [[popular art print]] of the 20th century, based on number of prints made: one for every four American homes. According to the The National Museum of American Illustration, it has outsold [[Andy Warhol]]'s ''[[Campbell's Soup Cans]]'' and [[Da Vinci]]'s ''[[Last Supper]]''. | '''Daybreak''' is a painting by [[Maxfield Parrish]] made in [[1922]]. ''Daybreak'' is regarded as the most [[popular art print]] of the 20th century, based on number of prints made: one for every four American homes. According to the The National Museum of American Illustration, it has outsold [[Andy Warhol]]'s ''[[Campbell's Soup Cans]]'' and [[Da Vinci]]'s ''[[Last Supper]]''. | ||
| == Cultural references == | == Cultural references == | ||
| - | ''Daybreak'' and two other Parrish works, ''Garden of Allah'' (1918) and''Hilltop'' (1926.)]] --> | ||
| * In [[1995]] [[Michael Jackson]] produced a music video, "[[You Are Not Alone]]", featuring himself and his then wife, [[Lisa Marie Presley]], in which they appear semi-nude in emulation of Daybreak. | * In [[1995]] [[Michael Jackson]] produced a music video, "[[You Are Not Alone]]", featuring himself and his then wife, [[Lisa Marie Presley]], in which they appear semi-nude in emulation of Daybreak. | ||
| * The [[Bloom County]] comic book ''[[Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things]]'' features a cover with many elements of ''Daybreak'' and other works by Parrish. | * The [[Bloom County]] comic book ''[[Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things]]'' features a cover with many elements of ''Daybreak'' and other works by Parrish. | ||
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Daybreak is a painting by Maxfield Parrish made in 1922. Daybreak is regarded as the most popular art print of the 20th century, based on number of prints made: one for every four American homes. According to the The National Museum of American Illustration, it has outsold Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans and Da Vinci's Last Supper.
Cultural references
- In 1995 Michael Jackson produced a music video, "You Are Not Alone", featuring himself and his then wife, Lisa Marie Presley, in which they appear semi-nude in emulation of Daybreak.
- The Bloom County comic book Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things features a cover with many elements of Daybreak and other works by Parrish.
- The Dali's Car album cover "The Waking Hour" uses a detail from Daybreak.
- The Moody Blues album The Present features cover artwork that uses a variation of Daybreak.
- A 1986 Nestle television commercial for Alpine White features a scene imitating Daybreak.
- The Saint Preux album "The Last Opera" also uses "Daybreak" for its cover.
- "Daybreak in O'Bryonville" (2009) is a Cincinnati mural designed for ArtWorks by contemporary artist Kate Holterhoff. Parrish's flowering vine motif figures prominently in Holterhoff's mural.
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