Peter Max John Lindsay in the Ken C Arnold Art Collection Santa Monica Ca signed poster by artist 1970 36 x 24 inches Peter Max From Wikipedia the free encyclopediaJump to navigation search Peter Max Peter Max 1988 Born October 19 1937 1937 10 19 age 72 Berlin Germany Nationality American United States Field Painting Pop Art Training Art Students League of New York Movement Pop Art Works LOVE 1968 Peter Max born Peter Max Finkelstein October 19 1937 is a German born American artist best known for his iconic art style in the 1960s At first his Cosmic 60s art as it came to be known appeared on posters and were seen on the walls of college dorms all across America Max then became fascinated with new printing techniques that allowed for four color reproduction on product merchandise Following his success with a line of art clocks for General Electric Max s art was licensed by 72 corporations and he had become a household name In September 1969 Max appeared on the cover of Life Magazine with an eight page feature article as well as the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and the Ed Sullivan Show 1 Peter Max had an adventurous childhood that began when he and his parents fled Berlin in 1938 and traveled to Shanghai China where they lived for the next ten years They lived in a pagoda style house that overlooked a Buddhist temple where Peter would observe monks painting calligraphic images with large bamboo brushes on large sheets of rice paper His Chinese nanny taught Peter how to hold and paint with a brush by using the movement of his wrist and his mother encouraged him to develop his art skills by leaving a variety of art supplies on the balconies of the pagoda and told him to go ahead and make a mess we ll clean it all up after you In 1948 the family departed on a ship that took them on a 48 day sea journey around the continent of Africa and arrived at the port of Haifa right after Israel had attained its statehood They lived in Haifa for two years and whil
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