Peter Max Net Worth: $50 Million

Peter Max is a German American artist known for his use of bright colors and association with psychedelic and pop art styles. Born in Berlin in 1937, Max’s family fled to China in 1938 before settling in Israel and then New York. He studied under Frank J. Reilly and attended the Art Students League of New York. In 1962, he co-founded The Daily & Max Studio with Tom Daly and Ron Rubbo. Max gained national attention with an appearance on The Tonight Show in 1968 and a cover feature in Life magazine in 1969. He was commissioned to design a 10-cent postage stamp and painted a portrait of Taylor Swift as a gift. However, in 2019, it was reported that he is suffering from advanced dementia which has been exploited in a massive art fraud scheme.

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