Peter Max Dies at 88, Leaving 1960s Psychedelic Art Legacy
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 16
Peter Max Dies at 88, Leaving 1960s Psychedelic Art Legacy
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 16
Summary
Peter Max, the psychedelic artist whose imagery became synonymous with the 1960s, has died at 88.
His color-saturated stars, sun rays and fluorescent graphics helped define the visual language of the Age of Aquarius and made his work instantly recognizable.
Max’s art spread far beyond galleries, appearing on posters, album covers and coffee mugs as his style became a mass-market symbol of the era.
His death closes the career of an artist widely seen as one of the clearest visual chroniclers of the flower-child generation.