Bob Ross work to be auctioned to assist fund US public broadcasting

Ross’ present noticed a resurgence in the course of the Covid pandemic, as audiences loved his soft-spoken, paint-along classes. Misplaced brush strokes, the previous Air Force drill sergeant would say, had been simply “happy accidents”. He died on the age of 52 in 1995.

Bob Ross Inc stated it donated the work to American Public Television, and that all the web proceeds go to native public TV stations nationwide.

This consists of programmes akin to America’s Test Kitchen, Julia Child’s French Chef Classics and This Old House, the Associated Press information company reported.

In August, the public sale of two of Ross’ works shattered information, having bought for double and triple what had been anticipated.

Lake Below Snow-Capped Peaks and Cloudy Sky bought for $114,800, whereas Lake Below Snow-Covered Mountains and Clear Sky bought for $95,750.

“I can tell you that Bob would have been quite shy to learn that his paintings are now selling at six figures,” Joan Kowalski, the president of Bob Ross Inc, told the New York Post, external after the heaps bought.

“He was never really that interested in his finished works, Bob was more fascinated with the process of painting and sharing that with other people.”

“Truthfully, I can still hear him saying something like, ‘You don’t want my paintings, you want to create your own and hang them proudly on your wall.'”