Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned to support American public television stations

Thirty paintings created by Bob Ross with bushy hair and soft voice will soon be auction to give a helping hand to small rural public television stations in the United States which suffer from cuts to federal funding.

Ross, a pillar of public television in the 1980s and 90s, “devoted his life to making art accessible to all,” said Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross Inc. “This auction guarantees that her inheritance continues to support the very medium means that has brought her joy and creativity in American houses for decades. of art than by the support of public television for education and inspiration.

Bonhams in Los Angeles will auction three of the Ross paintings at auction on November 11 as part of the art sale in California and the west of the auction house. Other auctions will follow in London, New York, Boston and online.

While the details on the rest of the paintings that should be auctioned on a later date, the three paintings that will be on sale on November 11 are the works of Ross in 1993 Winter peace And Home in the valleyas well as Cliff that he painted in 1990.

All profits are promised to stations that use the content of the American Public Television distributor.

The idea is to help stations in need with license costs that allow them to show popular programs that include The best of the joy of paintingBased on the Ross program, American test kitchen,, French chief of Julia Child And This old house.

The congress eliminated $ 1.1 billion allocated to public broadcast at the request of the Trump administration, leaving
About 330 pbs and 246 NPR stations to find alternative funding sources. Many have launched readers of emergency funds. Some were forced to dismiss staff and make programming cuts.

The beloved Ross died in 1995 of cancer complications after 11 years of production with The joy of painting. Her
A practical program has been shown at the stations of the United States and the world. The former air force sergeant known for his calm behavior and encouraging words experienced a resurgence of popularity during locking of the Pandemic COVID-19.

Ross often spoke in soothing tones while working on the air to paint small clouds and happy trees and make no mistakes, only “happy accidents”.

The 30 paintings for sale at Span Ross auction of Ross and include landscapes representing serene mountain views and lake scenes, its signature aesthetics. He created most of the 30 on the air, each in less than 30 minutes, which was the duration of a single episode.

Bonhams sold two mountain and lakes of the early 1990s in August for $ 114,800 and $ 95,750, one of them establishing a new world auction record for Ross.

The auctions of the 30 paintings that will soon be sold have a total value estimated at $ 850,000 at $ 1.4 million, said Bonhams.