Robert Indiana, the late American Pop artist, found inspiration in signs, billboards, and commercial logos. His iconic creations include the LOVE paintings, using vibrant and bold letterforms to depict the word "love." “Oddly enough, I wasn't thinking at all about anticipating the love generation and hippies,” he once explained. “It was a spiritual concept. It isn't a sculpture of love any longer. It's become the very theme of love itself.” Robert Earl Clark, born on September 13, 1928, in New Castle, IN, embraced his home state's name after military service. Graduating with a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1954, he heeded Ellsworth Kelly's counsel and moved to New York. Establishing his studio in Lower Manhattan's Coenties Slip, Indiana connected with influential artists like Agnes Martin, Jack Youngerman, and James Rosenquist. His creations, notably the LOVE and HOPE motifs, gained widespread popularity over the years, evolving into numerous public sculptures. In September 2013, the Whitney Museum of American Art debuted “Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE,” marking his inaugural New York retrospective. Indiana passed away on May 19, 2018, in Vinalhaven, ME. Presently, his pieces adorn collections at prestigious institutions like The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., among several others.