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A gallery’s worth of “happy little trees” may soon fuel public media. 30 of Bob Ross’s original works are heading to auction on November 11, with proceeds benefiting PBS and NPR stations struggling after a $1.1 billion federal funding cut earlier this year.
The sale, organized by Bonhams in partnership with American Public Television (APT), will see the late artist’s serene landscapes cross the block in cities including Los Angeles, New York, Boston, and London, as well as online.
Ross, whose The Joy of Painting aired on PBS from 1983 to 1994, became an unlikely cultural cornerstone, a soft-spoken guide who made art feel accessible to anyone with a brush and a bit of courage. The works going to auction are largely those painted live during his half-hour broadcasts, moments that turned quiet instruction into public ritual. Each canvas captures that immediacy, from the misty serenity of Winter’s Peace (1993) to the layered textures of Home in the Valley (1993). Estimated to collectively fetch between $850,000 and $1.4 million, the collection is being positioned as both a tribute and a rescue mission. more h/t illustr8r
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…even best case it doesnt do much to fill a billion dollar hole, and some Democrat is going to steal half the money it brings anyway; have a happy little bush but you better not TELL anyone because, well…
https://youtu.be/70OQN_MK5K8?si=6HNLjR0XmOqcbTDr
$1.1 Billion? Who do they think he is, Hunter Biden?
Why buy it?
You can spend 25 minutes of your time and he’ll show you how to paint it yourself.
Why doesn’t PBS and NPR just have another one of their endless pledge drives to get guilty white liberals to pony up some of their own money to save their doomed networks. I wouldn’t give em a plugged nickel but then I’m not a liberal nimrod. And they could have an AI version of Jerry Lewis to host their pledge drive.
This should bee the softest, quietest, relaxing and calming auction ever!
I have a simple rule regarding art. If I can do it, it’s not art.
The only thing I’ve ever seen on PBS worth watching was “Alone in the Wilderness” and I’d would watch it every time it was on.
Let’s go up here.
Lots of little doers.
That’s where they live.
There.
PBS isn’t ALL bad. Way better than National Pinko Radio!
Nova
The Western Tradition
Austin City Limits
In the Spotlight
The World at War
Animal Planet(?)
The 21st Century
Monty Python
Fawlty Towers
Reggie Perrin
Doc Martin
(some other Britcoms and Mysteries)
McNeil/Lehrer News Hour
Charlie Rose
On the other hand-
Al Jizzra news
Insufferable female commentators (you know the ones).
Well, their shows are not brought to you by viewers like me so let the people who watch their leftest slant crap pay for it.
Let PBS fund itself like any other business.
At least they’re better than a banana duct taped to a walll
If they had stuck to “art” things would have been fine. But no, they had to push their liberal bullshit.
negro-propaganda bez expensive
I thought those wretched commies said they didn’t need the federal money for their marxist indoctrination shows… Bob Ross wasn’t a commie, I don’t think.