Peter Max

Peter Max is a multi-dimensional creative artist. He has worked with oils, acrylics, water colors, finger paints, dyes, pastels, charcoal, pen, multi-colored pencils, etchings, engravings, animation cells, lithographs, serigraphs, silk screens, ceramics, sculpture, collage, video and computer graphics. He loves all media, including mass media, as a “canvas” for his creative expression.

Max’s unique art was first noticed by America in the 1960s. As the decade progressed, so did his famous “Cosmic ‘60s” style, with its distinctive line work and bold color combinations. Max’s Cosmic ‘60s art, with its transcendental imagery, captured the imagination of the entire generation and catapulted the young artist to fame and fortune. The artist’s visual impact on the ‘60s has often been compared to the influence the Beatles had with their music.

In the 1970s, Max gave up his commercial pursuits and went into retreat to begin painting in earnest. For July 4, 1976, Max created a special installation and art 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 the years that followed, Max developed his new atelier, with a primary focus on paintings, mixed media works, and limited graphic editions. Of the thousands of requests that came in for posters, Max was drawn to those that synchronized with his own concerns: environmental, human, and animal rights.

Always an optimist, Max sees a fabulous new age for the new millennium, filled with enormous possibilities. He also sees a need for a greater responsibility to our planet, and he is ever ready to serve as the “Global Artist.”