Bob Ross Paintings Will Go On View At Bonhams New York. Artsy

Four paintings by American artist Bob Ross (1942–1995) will go on view at Bonhams' newly unveiled U.S. flagship in New York on April 22, 2026, before crossing the block in the house's American Art auction the following day. The sale marks the third in a sequence of auctions that together offer 30 Ross paintings on behalf of American Public Television, which will receive 100% of the net proceeds to support stations nationwide.

The works -“Autumn Images” (1990),“Purple Mountain Range” (1993),“Mountain Seclusion” (1990), and“River's Peace” (1991) - are estimated at $25,000 to $60,000 each. Ross created them either during episodes of“The Joy of Painting,” the television program that ran from 1983 to 1994, or for instructional books of the same name. Executed in his signature wet-on-wet technique, the paintings present the quiet wooded and mountain scenes that became synonymous with his public image.

Bonhams says the four canvases are appearing on the market for the first time. They have been held in secured storage since they were made, adding a layer of rarity to a group of works already closely tied to Ross's most recognizable body of imagery. The artist died in 1995, but his market has continued to gather momentum in recent months.

That momentum has been visible at Bonhams itself. In November, three Ross works sold in Los Angeles for a combined $662,000, while a Boston sale in January brought in $1.27 million. The results suggest that collectors are responding not only to Ross's cultural familiarity, but also to the scarcity of paintings with direct ties to his television practice.

In a recent interview with WBUR Boston, Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross, Inc., said,“The thing about these auctions is you start sort of realizing how people feel about Bob and his paintings and they're getting it, you know what I mean?... They're understanding the work that goes into his painting.”

As Ross's auction record continues to build, the New York sale offers another test of how far his market can travel - and how firmly his legacy now sits between popular memory and serious collecting.

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