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Online, you can acquire Bob Ross paints, Bob Ross brushes, Bob Ross underwear, Bob Ross coffee mugs, Bob Ross energy drinks, Bob Ross watches, and Bob Ross toasters. When the couple decided to sell it, they turned to Modern Artifact, an art gallery and dealer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was about as uninterested in the actual paintings as you could possibly be,” says Kowalski. “For him, it was the journey — he wanted to teach people. The paintings were just a means to do that.”

I would personally categorize Ross’s work as a hybrid between fine art and entertainment memorabilia,” she says. One of his students, Annette Kowalski, was “mesmerized” by the jolly painter and encouraged him to strike out on his own. Jessica Jenkins, a VP at the Minnetrista exhibit, and a Bob Ross scholar, tells The Hustle that many more Ross paintings are actually hanging in living rooms across the US. His wise quotes about life — masked as instructions for painting — are paired with high quality photographs of his oil paintings. If you’re a longtime fan of the painter, there are lots of other things you can buy aside from Bob Ross original paintings — at a fraction of the cost. We’ve rounded up some of the most lovable Bob Ross merchandise that you can display in your home or use in your everyday activities. Happy Little Accidents

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Before he became a TV star, Ross also sold thousands of his landscape paintings at flea markets, fairs, and malls, often for small sums of cash. Currently, the American History Museum has no plans to permanently exhibit the acquisitions. However, the artifacts, which are now part of the museum’s permanent collection, will be featured alongside the work of other American icons such as Mr. Rogers and Julia Childs. A bunch of other Bob Ross fan merch you can buy

The show — The Joy of Painting, which aired between 1983 and 1994 — was a huge hit and was broadcast on ~300 stations to 80m+ people every day. Born in Daytona, Florida, in 1942, Ross dropped out of school in 9th grade to work with his father, a carpenter.An old newspaper clipping advertises an auction for an original Bob Ross painting featuring “majestic snow-covered mountains, a tranquil lake surrounded by towering evergreens, and a beautiful sunset sky.” (The Star Press; Muncie, Indiana, 2000) No one knows why they don’t want to sell the paintings, but it probably has to do with the fact that Bob Ross never really wanted his artworks to be capitalized on. He only wanted recognition for his talent, and he achieved that with his TV program. If he were alive right now, it’s highly unlikely that he’d approve of his paintings being sold at thousands of dollars. Bob Ross Paintings in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History But Nelson chalks the crazy prices up to a combination of basic economic principles and social capital. All told, Bob Ross churned out ~ 30k paintings in his lifetime — nearly 3x the output of Picasso, a prolific painter in his own right. Though he died in 1995, the late TV painter remains an omnipresent cultural staple. His Chia Pet perm, nap-inducing voice, and meme-worthy sayings — “ Happy little trees!” — have transcended time. On YouTube, old episodes of his show, The Joy of Painting, boast ~ 450m views.