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O ne of the most prolific artists working today, Peter Max is widely known for his "cosmic style," with creations that have been seen everywhere from the hull of Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Breakaway and a Continental Airlines Boeing 777 fuselage to the massive stages of the 1999 Woodstock music festival. His mixed-media works can be found in the collections of six past US presidents, while his art—recognizable for its energetic brushstrokes of primary colors and psychedelic panoramas of stars, planets, profiles, and icons from Lady Liberty to Marilyn Monroe—has been used to represent five Super Bowls, the World Cup, the World Series, the US Open, the Grammys, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "I'm just very happy to be in the middle of all this," says Max of his many noteworthy accomplishments. "I'm happy to do all the painting and have all the museum shows." Born in Berlin and raised in Shanghai, Max and his family moved around the globe, from Tibet to Israel to Paris—each destination inf luencing his art. Eventually, Max settled in New York, where, at age 76, he continues to produce a dizzying array of works, including this Boston Common cover, one of a collection of 10 covers created exclusively for Niche Media publications, ARTIST PETER MAX HAS CAPTURED EVERYONE FROM THE DALAI LAMA TO THE BEATLES IN HIS PSYCHEDELIC COSMIC STYLE. EXCLUSIVELY FOR BOSTON COMMON, HE INTERPRETS OUR HISTORIC CITY, WHILE THE HOSTS OF MSNBC'S MORNING JOE, JOE SCARBOROUGH AND MIKA BRZEZINSKI, DISCOVER THE COLORFUL STORIES—AND THE MAN—BEHIND THIS MONTH'S COVER. to the L fe MAX PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF GALE (MAX, COVER); ERIC RYAN ANDERSON (PAINTBRUSH) BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM 91