A Bob Ross painting broke a record and helped "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" raise about $1.5 for public broadcasting stations.

To support public media stations, Bob Ross' paintings went on auction, with one of them setting a record.

The first three of 30 paintings sold in Los Angeles for a record-shattering $662,000. The rest will go up for auction in various cities throughout 2026. Ross painted many of them live on his PBS show.

LOS ANGELES — Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more than $600,000 at ...

This undated image shows artist Bob Ross, host of the series “The Joy of Painting.” (Bob Ross Inc. via AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will ...

At the live auction at Bonhams in Los Angeles, a serene snow vista called "Winter's Peace" that Ross painted entirely during a 1993 episode of "The Joy of Painting" went for $318,000 to a bidder on ...

Bob Ross, prolific daytime television painting instructor who charmed the world with his serene monologues, continues to make ...

According to host John Oliver, the program bid on a trio of Ross paintings in an auction two weeks ago. Those paintings, the ...

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in ...

This undated image shows artist Bob Ross, host of the series “The Joy of Painting.” (Bob Ross Inc. via AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for public television stations suffering from cuts ...