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    Artist Robert Indiana Dies At 89: The Story Behind 'LOVE'

    Fifty years ago, his LOVE painting made Robert Indiana a worldwide sensation. But for the artist, the work also had an intensely personal meaning.
    by Bill Chappell May 22, 2018 3 minutes
    A Robert Indiana installation of "AMOR" on exhibit in Piazza della Scala in Milan, Italy, in 2008.

    Fifty years after his LOVE painting made Robert Indiana a sensation, the artist has died at the age of 89.

    Indiana's two-row rendering of the word, with its tilted "O," became one of the most recognizable works of modern art in the world. The famous design emerged from deep influences in Indiana's life, from his early exposure to religion to his father's career.

    Indiana died Saturday at his home in Vinalhaven, Maine. His death came.

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