Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to story telling -- in prose and in poetry, in art and in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of Oct. 19th
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It is the 291st day of the year, leaving 74 days remaining in 2022.
He tells his stories through the use of bright, vivid colors, pop and counter-cultural icons, and by capturing the trends of the moment. He drew commercial posters for Madison Avenue and flyers for for the Central Park BeIn for the hippies of the 1960s.
He draws presidents and musical artists. He is fascinated about astronomy, and draws in support of space and the environment,. He created a line of clocks for General Electric.
He has exhibited his work in art shops, on television, and in museums.
Max's parents fled Berlin in 1938, settling first in Shanghai, China, then in Haifa, Israel, before moving on to Paris, and finally New York in 1953. He received formal art training at the Art Students League of New York.
He was iconic in the 1960s, drawing the Beatles, creating the "Uncola" ad for 7-up, and lending his artwork for a postage stamp commemorating Expo '74 for the 1974 Worlds Fair in Spokane, Wash. In 1976, he drew 235 "Welcome to America" murals for use at U.S. borders.
In 1981, he painted a half-dozen Statutes of Liberty in the Rose Garden for President Reagan. On the final painting, he asked Reagan to paint the last brushstroke. Max later helped spearhead the campaign to restore the statue.
In 1990, after receiving a 3 1/2-ton piece of the Berlin Wall, Max chiseled out the form of a dove, painted it, and placed it on top of the wall.
He has grown with the times. He first painted Taylor Swift's portrait after she won her first Grammy in 2008, and has painted her recently.
He currently lives in New York with his two grown children.
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