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LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross<\/a> will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for public television stations suffering from cuts in federal funding.<\/p>\n

Ross, a public television stalwart in the 1980s and \u201890s, \u201cdedicated his life to making art accessible to everyone,\u201d said Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross Inc. \u201cThis auction ensures his legacy continues to support the very medium that brought his joy and creativity into American homes for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bonhams in Los Angeles will auction three of Ross\u2019 paintings on Nov. 11. Other auctions will follow in London, New York, Boston and online. All profits are pledged to stations that use content from distributor American Public Television. <\/p>\n

The idea is to help stations in need with licensing fees that allow them to show popular programs that include \u201cThe Best of Joy of Painting,\u201d based on Ross\u2019 show, \u201cAmerica\u2019s Test Kitchen,\u201d \u201cJulia Child\u2019s French Chef Classics\u201d and \u201cThis Old House.\u201d Small and rural stations are particularly challenged.<\/p>\n

As desired by President Donald Trump, Congress has eliminated $1.1 billion allocated to public broadcasting, leaving about 330 PBS and 246 NPR stations<\/a> to find alternative funding sources. Many launched emergency fund drives. Some have been forced to lay off staff and make programming cuts.<\/p>\n

The beloved Ross died in 1995 of complications from cancer after 11 years in production with \u201cThe Joy of Painting.\u201d His how-to program was shown on stations around the U.S. and around the world. The former Air Force drill sergeant known for his calm demeanor and encouraging words enjoyed a resurgence in popularity during the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Ross spoke often as he worked on air about painting happy little clouds and trees, and making no mistakes, only \u201chappy accidents.\u201d<\/p>\n

The thirty paintings to be auctioned span Ross\u2019 career and include landscapes depicting serene mountain vistas and lake scenes, his signature aesthetic. He created most of the 30 on-air, each in under 30 minutes, which was the span of a single episode.<\/p>\n

Bonhams sold two early 1990s mountain-and-lake scenes of Ross in August for $114,800 and $95,750. The auctions of the 30 paintings soon to be sold have an estimated total value of $850,000 to $1.4 million, Bonhams said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":285287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,276,7824,69,171,57,325,146969,146970,1165,224,22014,61,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-285286","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-coronavirus","11":"tag-donald-trump","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-general-news","14":"tag-government-budgets","15":"tag-joan-kowalski","16":"tag-julia-child","17":"tag-lifestyle","18":"tag-los-angeles","19":"tag-public-media","20":"tag-u-s-news","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115336021574132219","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}