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“I fell in love with color
and got the bug,”
--Peter Max
Peter Max was born in Berlin in 1937.
Peter Max started as a commercial artist. These are some of his posters from the 1960’s.
He designed album covers.
He designed book covers.
He also designed magazine covers.
In the 1960’s, Max began to design a line of clocks for General Electric.
People loved his clocks and soon he began making all kinds of things for the
home.
He created advertising for 7-Up and his
art became even more
famous.
In 1974 he even created a US postage stamp.
He became famous and was on the
cover of Life magazine.
The rock band The Beatles made a cartoon, Yellow
Submarine, that was inspired by Max.
1968
He combines geometric shapes,
with free-form shapes in his
posters.
The Different Drummer
1968
Geometric shapes are precise shapes. The basic geometric shapes are the circle, square,
triangle.
Free-form or organic shapes are irregular and
uneven shapes. Their outlines may be
curved, angular, or both.
Found in nature. These shapes may be
silhouettes of living things, such as animals,
people, or trees.
This poster was made for the Peace Corps in 1970.
Many of Peter Max’s poster are about peace and love, like Peace 1970.
His Love poster from 1970 may be one of
his best known works.
He was influenced by antique posters.Can you tell which one was created by Peter Max?
How could you tell?
When Peter Max was most popular, the world was excited about exploring space.
HEAD 1969
Moon Landing #3
1969
Max's "Cosmic 60's" period showed his interest in astronomy.
Pan Am Airlines
1969
People called his style
psychedelic.
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT1968
KALEIDESCOPIC LIPS1967
Max began his Statue of Liberty series which helped spearhead the restoration of
the statue.
He is now known as an American Pop artist.
Do you recognize this cartoon character?
In 2009 Max painted 44 Obama’s.
Peter Max currently lives in New York
City.
Create a 8.5”x11” Design using Radial Symmetry based on the cosmic work of Peter Max.
Your piece should include:
Bright colorsMultiple geometric and free-form shapes along with other cosmic elements.Real Life elements.One element should be created from the tracing technique.
For this assignment you will be required to create a painting inspired by the artist Peter Max.
• Assignment requirements:• -Gradation; the fading of one color to another is used somewhere in
your design.• -Radial Design; at least one aspect of your designs needs to incorporate
radial design.• -Use warm and cool colors; if warm colors are in background, cool
colors need to be in the foreground. If cool colors are in the background, warm colors need to be in the foreground.
• *Remember: Cool colors naturally recede to the background because of the way our eyes work!
• -Color Choice; use only vibrant, rich, jewel tone colors.• -Repetition; at least one design element needs to be repeated through
out.
• Steps:• Sketch your idea that includes all the required elements. These must
include color• Check in with me to get approval on your design.• Begin painting working with your lightest colors to your darkest colors.• Finalize your painting by outlining all of your design with a nice even hard
black line by using a sharpie.
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