Robert Indiana is an American pop artist known for his iconic LOVE series. He was born in 1928 in Indiana and changed his last name to his home state. Indiana became famous for creating simple images and words in bold styles and colors. His most famous work is the LOVE series, which began with a Christmas card design in 1964. The US Postal Service later featured his LOVE design on a stamp in 1973. Indiana went on to create LOVE sculptures in different languages. In 2008, he created a HOPE image and prints to support Barack Obama's presidential campaign, as well as HOPE sculptures.

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 National 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

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

23. Your paper is 9 inches by 9 inches.
we need to divide it into 4 equal parts.
Let’s begin by dividing 9 by 2
We have 1 left over
Half of 1 = .5
9 divided by 2 = 4.5
Or 4 ½

24. The ruler begins at 0
Not here

25. 4 ½
Make a small mark at 4 ½ inches

26. 4 ½
Make another small mark at 4 ½ inches

27. Use a pencil & the
edge of the ruler to
connect the marks
you just measured.

28. Remember:
The ruler begins at 0
Not here

29. Make a small
mark at 4 ½
inches

30. Make another
small mark at 4 ½
inches

32. Use a pencil & the
edge of the ruler to
connect the marks
you just measured.

34. YOUR LETTERS SHOULD TOUCH ALL SIDES