In what the gallery is calling "the most historically significant Bob Ross original painting ever created," "A Walk in the Woods" is up for auction for $9,850,000 at the Modern Artifact gallery in ...

Yet Bob Ross would likely have not even taken up painting as a hobby — let alone hosted a television show about it — had it not been for his military career. Born in Daytona Beach, Florida on ...

“This is the masses, the population in the world, that are saying that Bob Ross is great.” Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of ...

Growing up, writer and director Brit McAdams was fascinated by the quietly captivating Bob Ross. He regularly watched Ross’ PBS series, “The Joy of Painting,” which aired from 1983 to 1994.

Bob Ross was probably the ... screams at you for being late to work," Ross later said. "The job requires you to be a mean, tough person, and I was fed up with it. I promised myself that if I ...

The gallery, which has acquired, authenticated, and sold rare works by Bob Ross before ... was made up of 403 30-minute episodes full of Ross’s quintessential optimism and love of nature ...