Douglass Ewell Parshall

Parshall first showed his work at the National Academy of Design at age fifteen and by his early twenties, had achieved reputational and economic success for his paintings, which typically depicted natural landscapes of the American West.^[9][4]

He won his first Hallgarten Prize at age twenty-four and became an associate member of the National Academy of Design at age twenty-seven.^[7]

In 1928, his artwork was displayed in the Grand Central Art Galleries and in 1929, he exhibited jointly with his father at the Milch Galleries, both in New York City.^[10][5]

In 1933, he was appointed the Santa Barbara area's local director for the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), the New Deal precursor program to the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).^[9] In December 1934, he painted a mural for the Santa Barbara Junior High School library which is still on display today.^[9][11]

In 1936, Parshall was named district supervisor of three counties for the newly created Federal Art Project (FAP), serving under Nelson Partridge Jr.^[9] Parshall also provided the painted background for the sea lion exhibit diorama of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.^[12]

In 1942, an exhibit of his watercolors was held at the Witte Museum in San Antonio, Texas.^[13]

Parshall married Barbara Cowles, of Santa Barbara, in 1938.^[14][13]

Parshall's long-time Santa Barbara art studio was located near to peers Raymond Neilson and American portrait painter Clarence Mattei.^[13]