Daily Archives: December 18, 2009

The Art of Peter Max – There’s an App for That!

Park West Gallery has enjoyed a relationship with Peter Max since the 1970s, and is the artist’s largest and longest-running dealer in the world.

Screenshots from the new Peter Max Cosmic Apps available on iPhone and iPod Touch

Cosmic Apps by Peter Max! Max’s Cosmic Art and Dazzling Colors Are Now Available on Apple iPhone and iPod Touch

SAN JOSE, Calif. /Business Wire/ — Legendary artist Peter Max has always been at the forefront of art media. His posters, magazine covers, and art products have captured the imagination of several generations. Now, the artist is releasing two apps that consumers can download at the iTunes AppStore — developed by MobileAppWorks.

“The Peter Max Birthdays” offers dazzling, multi-colored, unique images for each day of the calendar year, no two alike. A Peter Max calendar will allow users to select and send these unique eCards for birthdays, wedding anniversaries, graduations, invitations to events, and other date-specific occasions.

“The Peter Max eCard Gallery” offers 20 Max eCards with the artist’s iconic imagery, such as “Cosmic Jumpers,” “Sages,” “Angels,” “Zen Boats,” and “Stars & Planets.” App users can customize them for birthdays, invitations, anniversaries, holidays, and other special occasions.

“I have always loved to share my art and visions with many people — at museum shows, on posters, on a giant Woodstock stage and even on a Continental super jet,” said Max. “Now, thanks to Apple and MobileAppWorks, my art will be able to reach people on an even more personal level — on their iPhones and iPod touches.”

Chris Stocker, MobileAppWorks CEO, agrees. “This is a project I’m especially pleased with. Peter is one of the most beloved artists alive today. The whimsical spirit of his work helped define the ideals of a generation — ideals of peace, understanding and tolerance that still resonate strongly today. I wanted to help Peter continue spreading his inspirational message through mobile technology.”

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Artist Birthdays December 18 – PAUL KLEE

PAUL KLEE (December 18, 1879 – June 29, 1940)

  • Nationality: German-Swiss
  • Field: Painting
  • Art Movement: Expressionism / Bauhaus / Surrealism
  • ARTiFact: He grew up in a musical environment - his father taught music and his mother was a singer – and struggled early on with whether to become a painter or a musician. In 1938, Steinway manufactured 500 pianos, the “Paul Klee series”, to commemorate the way in which he married the art forms of music and visual art in his works.
  • Artist Quote: “A line is a dot that went for a walk.”
  • Notable Artwork (shown below): Ad Parnassum, 1932.

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