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Legendary pop artist and ‘60s icon Peter Max dies at 88 02:19 Get more newson Sept. 16, 2026, 8:16 PM EDT / Updated Sept. 16, 2026, 10:10 PM EDT /

Artist Peter Max poses for a photo during his retrospective with the Road Show Company exhibit, Sept. 6, 2014, in Northbrook Court mall in Northbrook, Ill.(File Photo | AP) Updated on: 17 Sep 2026, 4:05 am

Iconic artist Peter Max died on Monday, Sept. 14, in Manhattan at age 88, his son confirmed

NEW YORK –Peter Max, whose colorful, psychedelic pop art expressed the optimism of the “flower power” movement of the 1960s and graced everything from postage stamps to a cruise ship, has died at 88, his son said in a written statement Wednesday.

The US artist, whose swirly, colorful, instantly recognizable designs became hugely commercially successful, died on Monday

Pop artist Peter Max, whose dreamy, boldly colored works provided an artistic backdrop for the 1960s US hippie movement and made him a commercial art powerhouse, died on Monday at a hospital in Manhattan at the age of 88, a spokesperson for his family said on Wednesday.

NEW YORK –Peter Max, whose colorful, psychedelic pop art expressed the optimism of the “flower power” movement of the 1960s and graced everything from postage stamps to a cruise ship, has died at 88, his son said in a written statement Wednesday.

Peter Max, whose colorful, psychedelic pop art expressed the optimism of the “flower power” movement of the 1960s and graced everything from postage stamps to a cruise ship, has died at 88, his son said in a written statement Wednesday