The Spokesman-Review

Rare Bob Ross original sells for $47,500 at Maryland auction, well above estimates

BALTIMORE – A “happy little” painting sold for $47,500 in Towson on Friday – well above estimates – in a rare auction of a Bob Ross original. Ross, whose soft-spoken TV lessons on “The Joy of Painting ...
Houston Public Media

The first of 30 Bob Ross works were auctioned to help public TV. They broke records

The late Bob Ross encouraged millions of Americans to make and appreciate art through his show The Joy of Painting, which has aired on PBS stations since 1983. (Bob Ross Inc./AP) The first of 30 Bob ...
New York Post

Painter Bob Ross unrecognizable in resurfaced photos from his youth — as they reveal the truth about his iconic hairdo

The legend of the perm. Bob Ross didn’t always have his iconic hairdo, resurfaced photos of the famous painter reveal. The black-and-white images show a clean-shaven Ross with straight hair, years ...
Los Angeles Times

Bob Ross painted ‘happy little trees.’ His art sparked a bidding war at charity auction

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Three paintings by beloved artist Bob Ross were sold at auction for more than $600,000 to help support American ...
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How Many Paintings Bob Ross Made—And Why He Created Copies of Each

Throughout most of the 1980s and the first half of the 1990s, PBS aired The Joy of Painting, a quiet art show that might’ve been lost to the annals of history if it weren’t for the magnetic host. He ...