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Peter Max, psychedelic pop artist who epitomized flower power, dies aged 88

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The US artist, whose swirly, colorful, instantly recognizable designs became hugely commercially successful, died on Monday Peter Max, whose colorful, psychedelic pop art expressed the optimism of the “flower power” movement of the 1960s and graced e…

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  • The US artist, whose swirly, colorful, instantly recognizable designs became hugely commercially successful, died on Monday Peter Max, whose colorful, psychedelic pop art expressed the optimism of the “flower power” movement of the 1960s and graced e…
  • Reported by The Guardian and published Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:21:21 UTC.

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