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1. www.npr.org › 2016/08/29 › 490923502The Real Bob Ross: Meet The Meticulous Artist Behind ... - NPR

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   Aug 29, 2016 · She watched a painter named Bill Alexander, who was big on PBS back then. Kowalski's husband was desperate to get her out of the house, so he signed her up for Alexander's painting class, 900 ...

2. www.artsy.net › article › artsy-editorial-bob-rossBob Ross Owes His “Happy Little Trees” to Bill Alexander | Artsy

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   Jun 26, 2018 · While these qualities may seem distinctive to Ross, they in fact have a very clear precedent: Ross’s own mentor, a painter by the name of William “Bill” Alexander. It was Alexander who taught Ross how to complete a full landscape in under 30 minutes.

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4. www.grunge.com › 243657The Truth About The Rivalry Between Bob Ross And Bill Alexander

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   Sep 4, 2020 · The premise of using a television show to wax poetically about wet-on-wet painting wasn't all Ross nicked from Alexander. In "Bob Ross, Bill Alexander — Beyond the Pale" on the Painters Online website, Robert Philip Jones points out that some of Ross's catchphrases — "happy little trees," "the almighty knife" — were originally Alexander ...

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   The Bill Alexander Story – It Begins. As the guns of the First World War pounded the countryside, the Russian army advanced on a small village in East Prussia. An old man packed a wagon with hay and straw and gathered up his pregnant daughter and grandson and a few family belongings. They were about to begin a trek hundreds of miles from what ...

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   Who was Bill Alexander?

   • This hesitation did not stop Alessandra Stanley, the article's author, from immediately following up with a paragraph naming his mentor, the East Prussian (whom Stanley incorrectly describes as Bavarian) painter Bill Alexander. Alexander's quotation drips bitterly: "He betrayed me. I invented 'wet on wet.'

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   Who was Bill Alexander & Robert Warren?

   • Alexander co-hosted “ The Art of Bill Alexander & Robert Warren ”on PBS from 1984 to 1992. Bill Alexander taught Bob Ross how to complete a full landscape in under 30 minutes and was the first to host a live painting show on PBS.

   Bob Ross Owes His “Happy Little Trees” to Bill Alexander | Artsy

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   How did Bill Alexander become a painter?

   • Alexander’s first experience with painting came when a traveling artist visited the small, rural town where he was raised. Though the man wasn’t particularly skilled, he painted with impressive speed: “He sure was quick,” Alexander wrote in his autobiography. Work by Bill Alexander. Courtesy of Alexander Art.

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   Who was Bill Alexander on 'the joy of painting'?

   • The Joy of Painting invited viewers to watch over Ross' shoulder as he created small masterpieces in under 30 minutes. She watched a painter named Bill Alexander, who was big on PBS back then. Kowalski's husband was desperate to get her out of the house, so he signed her up for Alexander's painting class, 900 miles away in Clearwater, Fla.

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7. alexanderart.com › bill-alexander-story-beginsThe Bill Alexander Story - It Begins - Alexander Art

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   19 hours ago · The Bill Alexander Story – It Begins. Bill’s mother holds him steady as she and brother Paul pose for a family portrait in Berlin in 1917. As the guns of the First World War pounded the countryside, the Russian army advanced on a small village in East Prussia. An old man packed a wagon with hay and straw and gathered up his pregnant ...

8. www.cnn.com › style › articleNew Bob Ross documentary complicates the legacy of an ... - CNN

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   Aug 24, 2021 · He had in fact studied under Bill Alexander, who had his own PBS show “The Magic of Oil Painting.” Alexander taught Ross the wet-on-wet technique that allowed him to complete a painting in the ...

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10. alexanderart.com › the-life-story-of-billThe Life Story of Bill Alexander Part 1 - Alexander Art

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    Bill Alexander was the founder of our company. He was a trailblazer for the art world. He painted on PBS from 1979-1994 . He won an Emmy for his show, “The Magic of Oil Painting.” Bill is responsible forpaving the way for so many other artists to paint on PBS as well.