(born 1937), US artist; born Peter Max Finkelstein in Germany. His brightly colored works, begun as pop art in the 1960s, have included US postage stamps, murals for border stations between the US and Canada and the US and Mexico, posters for Woodstock revivals and the Earth Summit, and an annual series of Statue of Liberty paintings.
Definition of Max, Peter in US English:
Max, Peter
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(born 1937), US artist; born Peter Max Finkelstein in Germany. His brightly colored works, begun as pop art in the 1960s, have included US postage stamps, murals for border stations between the US and Canada and the US and Mexico, posters for Woodstock revivals and the Earth Summit, and an annual series of Statue of Liberty paintings.