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Robert Norman Ross was an American painter and art instructor who created and hosted The Joy of Painting, an instructional television program that aired from 1983 to 1994 on PBS in the United States and CBC in Canada.
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culture · American painter and TV host (1942–1995) · painter · television presenter · clinical coder · artist · also Bob Ross, Robert Norman "Bob" Ross, Robert Ross, Bob Roos, Ross
Born 29 October 1942 · Died 4 July 1995 · Q455511
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“s death. Joan Kowalski also commissioned a revival series of The Joy of Painting featuring the paintings Ross had planned to use for season 32, with Nicholas Hankins, a Bob Ross Inc. certified instructor, as host. Legacy Ross”
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Published video “"We don't make mistakes, we just make happy accidents." #art #bobross #oilpainting”.
Published video “Moonlight dancing on happy trees with Doug Hallgren #paintingtutorial #art #bobross”.
Published video “Bob Ross paints a layer of yellow into his painting #art #bobross #painting”.
Published video “A little ridge of paint with Doug Hallgren #paintlikebobross #art #bobross #paintingtutorial”.
Published video “Bob Ross adds some limbs to his trees #bobross #art #oilpainting”.
Published video “A happy color accident with Doug Hallgren #paintingtutorial #art #bobross”.
Published video “Bob Ross highlights some happy little trees #bobross #painting #happytrees”.
Published video “A tree for Hoot the owl with Doug Hallgren #paintingtutorial #art #bobross”.
Published video “Painting Daffodil Petals with CRI® Carolyn Saletto #floralpainting #paintlikebobross #oilpainting”.
Published video “Twilight Meadow with CRI® Doug Hallgren”.
Yahoo: Painter Bob Ross unrecognizable in resurfaced photos from his youth — as they reveal the truth about his iconic hairdo
Los Angeles Times: Bob Ross is once again ready to help save public media
WGBH: The first of 30 Bob Ross works were auctioned to help public TV. They broke records
CNN: Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts
Sports Illustrated: Topps reveals first-ever Bob Ross autographed card
Snopes.com rated the claim “An image authentically shows Mr. Rogers wearing a Bob Ross T-shirt while posing with Steve Irwin.” Fake.
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Artnet: Bob Ross Once Painted Entirely in Gray for Colorblind Fans
Yahoo: Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Netflix
Snopes.com rated the claim “An image from the 1960s authentically depicts TV personality Bob Ross in the military.” True.
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Uproxx: You Can Buy The First Painting Bob Ross Did On TV For The Low, Low Price Of Many Millions Of Dollars
USA Today: Bob Ross' 1st painting from famed TV show up for auction. How much is it?
Snopes rated the claim “Famed painter Bob Ross had a "cocaine fingernail."” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “A photograph shows Mr. Rogers in a Bob Ross T-shirt while hanging out with crocodile hunter Steve Irwin.” False.
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The makers of Magic: The Gathering announced a limited release of Bob Ross paintings adapted to card artwork
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Four of Ross's paintings were acquired by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, which displayed one of the paintings in 2021
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As part of the launch of Twitch Creative
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The blog FiveThirtyEight analysed 381 episodes in which Ross painted live, concluding that 91% of Ross's paintings contained at least one tree, 44% included clouds, 39% included mountains and 34% included mountain lakes
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Some of only a few interviews with his close-knit circle of friends and family can be found in the 2011 PBS documentary Bob Ross: The Happy Painter.
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One year after Ross's death
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Died 1995-07-04.
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In Orlando, Florida, due to complications from lymphoma, with which he had been diagnosed several years prior
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A visibly ill Ross made his final public television appearance as a guest on the pilot episode of the children's series The Adventures of Elmer and Friends
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Two months before his death, Ross married for a third time, to Lynda Brown
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Ross appeared on the Phil Donahue Show and took five audience members on-stage to do a painting
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For a live show with hosts Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford
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But continued to travel to Muncie every three months to tape the show
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Was invited on stage by Hank Snow at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee
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PBS station WIPB lured him to Muncie, Indiana, with the promise of creative freedom, and he found a kinship with the staff
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A station in Falls Church, Virginia, aired a taping of his art class as a pilot, and 60 PBS stations signed up for the show in the first year
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A station aired his art class as a pilot, and several PBS stations signed up for The Joy of Painting soon after
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Was discovered by Annette Kowalski, who had attended one of his sessions while he was working as a tutor
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Allegedly due to Ross's infidelity
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18-year-old Ross enlisted in the United States Air Force and was put into service as a medical records technician
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Born 1942-10-29.
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