In late March, however, artist Peter Max offered $180,000 worth of paintings to the SPCA for use at their next auction.
In 1962 Don Rubbo started a small Manhattan arts studio with friend Tom Daly and Daly’s friend from the Art Students League of New York, Peter Max.
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Don Rubbo (born Admondo Dondes Rubbo on December 5, 1926, in New Haven, Connecticut) was a mentor and guide of such renowned creative talents as Peter Max and an affiliate of Andy Warhol in the mid-1960s.
One of the most famous sets manufactured by Iroquois China Company was a vintage Peter Max design with a "mod" floral pattern which not only included dinnerware, but pieces such as collectible ashtrays.
Artists and photographers who have produced the prized posters include Peter Max and Michael Schwab.
No artwork remains from the gallery which existed at the mall's inception, which also included work from Peter Max, among others.
Because his work was so attuned to 1960s pop culture, he has often been (unfairly) described as the "Japanese Andy Warhol" or likened to psychedelic poster artist Peter Max, but Yokoo's complex and multi-layered imagery is intensely autobiographical and entirely original.
Later, he founded a marketing and public relations company, serving clients as diverse as Peter Max as well as numerous youth and student travel organizations, including the British Tourist Authority.
Peter Pan | Peter Gabriel | Peter Jackson | Peter | Saint Peter | Peter Paul Rubens | Peter Sellers | Peter the Great | Blue Peter | Peter Frampton | Peter Greenaway | Peter Brook | Max Roach | Peter Lorre | Peter Ustinov | St. Peter's Basilica | Max Martin | Mad Max | Max Ernst | Peter Kropotkin | St. Peter | Peter Fonda | Peter Kay | Peter David | Peter Mandelson | Peter O'Toole | Peter Allen | Max Bygraves | Lord Peter Wimsey | Max Weber |
Gerald Allison, Michael Aviano, James Bama, Basil Gogos, Jack Faragasso, Fred Fixler, Gordon Johnson, Carl Hantman, Doug Higgins, Clark Hulings, Ronnie Lesser, Frank Liljegren, Peter Max, Gerald McConnell, George Passantino and Robert Emil Schulz are among them.
He spent the next five decades adding to his collection of images and meeting some of the cultural icons of the times such as Alfred Kinsey, Peter Max, and Stanley Marcus, a diverse collection of people.