July 17, 2009 / nwi.com – POP ARTIST PETER MAX is as easy-going, cheerful and accessible as his signature neon-bright paintings of hearts, flags and the Statue of Liberty. The genial ’60s icon loves to talk – about Woodstock, contemporaries like Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, and his work with the Beatles on Yellow Submarine. But his favorite topic, endearingly, is his Muse – wife Mary Max.
“She’s so stunning,” he sighed, sounding 17 instead of 71. How’d they meet? Max exited his New York studio one day about a decade ago and spotted one Mary Baldwin chatting with friends on the sidewalk.
She was no stranger: he’d doodled her exact profile for years. Max rushed into his studio, returned with a drawing and handed it to the stranger, blurting, “I’ve been drawing you all my life.” His crush was politely unimpressed. “Her friends said to her, ‘That’s Peter Max!’ And she said, `Who?’”
He gave her his number, fretted until she called, then coaxed her to go to lunch. And that was that.
“I remember reaching over the table, kind of clumsy, and putting my palms on each side of her face and saying, ‘I’ll take care of you for the rest of your life,’” he said. “And she put her hands on my hands and said, `You’re in good hands with me.’”
They married the next year.
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“Muse: a source of inspiration” — Pop artist Peter Max says his Muse is his wife, Mary. Who or what is your artistic Muse?
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Meet Peter Max: Watch CNN video
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Peter Max, Painting Through the Recession: Watch CNN video
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Learn more about artist Peter Max www.parkwestgallery.com/artists/Peter-Max
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Tammy // November 5, 2009 at 11:45 pm |
I simly LOVE Peter Max! His painting are so vivid and colorful I own 10 of his painting – and I enjoy each one of them everyday.
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Gabriel Velasquez // August 11, 2009 at 4:22 pm |
For many years Y try to obtain somethin from Peter Max BUT it’s impossible….The prices are very high and I cannot have those……..
Anu possibility to have some….?
Thank you.
Park West Gallery // August 11, 2009 at 4:34 pm |
Gabriel,
Park West Gallery has a large inventory of Peter Max artworks available at various price points. Please contact our sales department at 800-521-9654 x 4 or email sales@parkwestgallery.com – our gallery associates would be happy to work with you.
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