Peter Max

    (1937-) Peter Max is a European multi dimensional creative artist. He loves all media, using mass media as a "canvas" for his creative expression. After completing high school, he continued his art studies at The Art Student's League. As the '60s progressed, the photo collages gave way to his famous "Cosmic '60s" style. Max was suddenly on numerous magazine covers, including Life Magazine, and appeared on national TV. His visual impact on the '60s has often been compared to the influence the Beatles had with their music.

    For July 4, 1976 Max created a special installation and book, Peter Max Paints America, to commemorate America's bicentennial. It was the year Max also began his annual July 4th tradition of painting the Statue of Liberty. In 1982 Max painted six Liberties on the White House lawn, and then personally helped to actualize the statue's restoration, which was completed in 1986.

    In 1989, for the 20th anniversary of Woodstock, Max created the world's largest rock-and-roll stage for the Moscow Music Peace Festival. Soon after the festival, Max unveiled his 40 Gorbys, a colorful homage to Mikhail Gorbachev.
As a painter for four former U.S. Presidents (Carter, Ford, Bush and Reagan) in 1993, Max was approached by the inaugural committee to create posters for Bill Clinton's inauguration. He was later invited to the White House to paint the signing of the Peace Accord. Max has always been ready to apply his creative talent to important global events and has produced posters for many such events, including Summit of the Americas, Gorbachev's State of the World Forum, and the United Nations Earth Summit, for which he had designed a series of twelve stamps that became the best-selling stamps in U.N. history. For the U.N.'s 50th anniversary, Max produced an installation of fifty paintings in different color combinations of the landmark United Nations Building. A lover of music, Max has been designated Official Artist for the Grammys, the 25th Anniversary of the New Orleans Jazz Festival and the Woodstock Music Festival. In the sports arena, Max has been the Official Artist for five Super Bowls, The World Cup USA, the U.S. Tennis Open and the NHL All Star Game.

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