“At Close of Day” (1941) captures Maxfield Parrish’s distinctive gift for transforming a simple winter landscape into something contemplative and poetic. The fading light of day, with its transition from turquoise to deep blue, creates a quiet, almost meditative atmosphere, while the silhouettes of bare trees and the snowy ground heighten the sense of stillness. Rather than focusing on precise realism, Parrish emphasizes mood, using color and light to evoke serenity tinged with melancholy. This work belongs to Parrish’s late period, when he had moved away from the fantastical, fairy-tale imagery of his earlier career and turned instead to more intimate and atmospheric landscapes.