PETER MAX, "PROFILE" GOUACHE AND ACRYLIC ON PAPER. framed 12x18 INCHES. Bio: One of the most famous of all living artist's, Peter Max Finkelstein is also a pop culture icon. His use of bold colors, uplifting images, and an uncanny artistic diversity have touched almost every phase of American culture and has inspired generation after generation. Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937) is a German-American artist known for using bright colors in his work. Works by Max are associated with the visual arts and culture of the 1960s, particularly psychedelic art and pop art. Max, the son of German Jews, fled Berlin in 1938, settling in Shanghai, China, where they lived for the next ten years.[1] In 1948, the family moved to Haifa, Israel, where they lived for several years. From Israel, the family continued moving westward and stopped in Paris for several months—an experience that Max said greatly influenced his appreciation for art—eventually settling in Brooklyn, New York City. Max and his parents first settled in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, in 1953 where he attended Lafayette High School, classmates with future actor Paul Sorvino. In 1956, Max began his formal art training at the Art Students League of New York in Manhattan, studying anatomy, figure drawing and composition under Frank. Reilly who had studied at the League alongside Norman Rockwell. Condition Report: Excellent

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