Robert Indiana, born in 1928, is an American pop artist known for his simple images, especially his LOVE series which began with a design for a 1964 Christmas card. The LOVE design later appeared on a 1973 US postal stamp and in sculptures. Indiana also created HOPE images in support of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, donating proceeds to the Democratic National Committee.

1. Robert Indiana

2. Robert Indiana, born Robert Clark in 1928 (now
88 years old), is an American artist from Indiana
and is associated with the pop art movement (the
art of popular culture).
In 1954, Robert Clark changed his last name to his
native state’s name, Indiana.
He became famous for his very simple images that
often included a short word.
Especially his LOVE series.

3. The first 'LOVE'
piece came in
1964 when
Indiana created
the design for a
Christmas card
for the Museum
of Modern Art.

4. Then in 1973, the US Postal Service put the
design on a stamp!

5. He then created the ‘LOVE’ sculpture

6. Later on Indiana was even involved in creating LOVE
sculptures in other languages as well (like the
'AMOR' sculpture that appeared in Madrid, Spain in
2006 - since moved to the Nation Gallery of Art)!
Love in Hebrew Love in Spanish

8. In 2008, Indiana created a 'HOPE' image in the
same style as his 'LOVE' image. He sold tons of
prints of his work and donated all of the proceeds
to the Democratic National Committee for Barack
Obama's first presidential campaign.
Since then he has also created
several 'HOPE' sculptures
(one of which was featured
at the 2008 Democratic National
Convention in Denver, CO)!

10. Complementary Colors

11. Colors that are directly across from
each other on the color wheel

12. YELLOW & VIOLET
BLUE & ORANGE
RED & GREEN
YELLOW-GREEN & RED-VIOLET
BLUE-VIOLET & YELLOW-ORANGE
RED-ORANGE & BLUE-GREEN

13. BEGIN BY FOLDING YOUR PAPER IN HALF ONE WAY

14. AND THEN FOLD IT IN HALF THE OTHER WAY

15. YOUR LETTERS SHOULD TOUCH ALL SIDES

25. Word Ideas
• Kind
• Read
• Lead
• Love
• Hope
• Care
• Best
• Wise
• Math
• True
• Life
• Gift
• Draw
• Glad