Los -angles – Los Angeles (AP) -Ity paintings created by thick hair, quiet Bob Ross It will soon go to the auction to cover programming costs for small and rural public television stations suffering from reducing federal financing.
Ross, a permanent TV in the 1980s and 90s, “devoted his life to the fact that art is accessible to everyone,” said Joan Kovalski, President of Bob Ross Inc. “This auction guarantees his heritage continues to support the very Wednesday, which brought his joy and creativity to American houses for decades.”
Bonhams in Los -Angeles will sell three paintings by Ross on November 11. Other auctions will follow in London, New York, Boston and online. All profits are promised to stations that use content from the American Public Television distributor.
The idea is to help the stations in need of licensing fees that allow them to show popular programs that include “the best in the joy of painting”, based on the Ross show, “America -Test Kitchen”, “Classics of the French chef of Julia Child” and “This Old House”.
At the request of President Donald Trump, Congress excluded 1.1 billion dollars allocated for public broadcasting, leaving around 330 PBS and 246 NPR stations To find alternative sources of financing. Many launched the disks of emergency funds. Some were forced to dismiss staff and do programming.
Favorite Ross died in 1995 from cancer complications after 11 years of production with the “joy of painting.” Its practical program was shown at stations around the United States and around the world. The former sergeant-sergeant of the Air Force, known for his calm behavior and encouraging words, enjoyed the revival of popularity during the blocking of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ross often spoke, working on the air, drawing happy small clouds and trees, and not mistakes, only “happy accidents”.
Thirty paintings that will be auctions fly up to Ross's career and include landscapes depicting serene mining prospects and scenes of the lake, its branded aesthetics. He created the most part 30 on the air, each in less than 30 minutes, which was an interval of one episode.
Bonams sold two scenes in the early 1990s of Ross in August for 114,800 dollars and 95,750 dollars. According to Bonhams, 30 paintings that will be sold soon make up the estimated total amount from 850,000 to 1.4 million dollars.
