Bob Ross died at 52 from cancer on July 4, 1995 Julie Tremaine is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in Food and Wine, Travel + ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The indomitably forgiving painter Bob Ross, who assured us that mistakes are simply “happy accidents,” didn’t ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more than $600,000 at auction. The paintings were the first of 30 Ross works being sold to ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Three paintings by beloved artist Bob Ross were sold at auction for more than $600,000 to help support American ...

Three original paintings by beloved TV artist Bob Ross sold for more than $600,000 at auction to benefit public broadcasting after stations were decimated by the Trump administration’s funding cuts.

The paintings, which both date to around 1990 or ’91, attracted five or six bidders over the course of the sale, with offers from three prospective buyers coming in at the last minute—including one ...

The first of 30 Bob Ross paintings — many of them created live on the PBS series that made him a household name — have been auctioned off to support public television. Ross, with his distinctive afro, ...

More than 30 years after his death, the work of artist and public television icon Bob Ross continues to engage audiences across the world. When Congress rescinded $1.1 billion allocated for public ...

This summer marks 30 years since the painter and pop culture icon Bob Ross died, but like his beautiful landscapes, his legacy lives on. In a 1988 episode of The Joy of Painting, Ross recalled a fan ...