Peter Max, pop artist known for his colorful psychedelic style, dies at 88

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Set us as preferred Peter Max, the pop artist and hippie icon who helped define the vibrant psychedelic style of the 1960s and whose work graced posters, album covers, T-shirts, dinnerware, postage stamps and beyond, has died.He was 88.Max died Monday at a Manhattan hospital, according to a statement provided to the New York Times by his son, Adam Max.

No cause of death was provided, but Peter Max had been suffering from advanced dementia, according to the Associated Press.“We will remember his extraordinary creativity, his warmth, his curiosity, and the way he saw beauty and possibility everywhere,” Adam Max said in a statement to the AP.“His art became part of American culture, but the man behind that art — the father we knew and loved — is the person we will miss most.” News Iconic painter shaped one of the most distinctive styles in modern popular culture.

A commercial art powerhouse, Peter Max started his career in graphic design in the 1960s.With bright colors and bold, swirling lines, his vivid imagery captured the era’s infectious optimism.

His art was accessible and enduringly popular: In 2000, the Washington Post reported that Max was the single biggest seller on EBay, behind Beanie Babies.His work’s broad appeal meant Max was often called on to commemorate special occasions.He was the official artist for events including the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Kentucky Derby and the Indianapolis 500.“Culture has a certain velocity,” Max told the Daily Pilot in 2005, “and I’m very culturally in tune.”Born Peter Max Finkelstein on Oct.

19, 1937, in Berlin, his Jewish family fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai when he was an infant.Max was raised in China, Israel and Paris before his family settled in New York City when he was 16.But his education in American pop culture started lon...