Editing Peter Max (section)

==Early life and education==
Peter Max was born in [[Berlin]], the son of Salla and Jakob Finkelstein, German Jews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZQYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Peter+Max%22+Jacob+Sala|title = Current Biography Yearbook|year = 1972}}</ref> They fled Berlin in 1938, settling in Shanghai, China, where they lived for the next ten years.<ref name=NYTimes /> Peter's time in Shanghai influenced much of his later work. He loved the colours and the "calligraphic ballet" that he witnessed daily at the Buddhist temple across the street from the family villa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Riley|first=Charles A. II|title=The Art of Peter Max|publisher=Henry N. Abrams, Inc.|year=2002|location=New York|pages=14–16}}</ref>

In 1948, the family moved to [[Haifa]], Israel, where they lived for several years. Peter attended school in Mount Carmel, but was often drawing instead of taking notes. His principal suggested to his parents that he take art lessons after school, and he began to study under Professor Hünik, a Viennese Expressionist.<ref name=":0" />

From Israel, the family continued moving westward and stopped in Paris for several months—an experience that Max said greatly influenced his appreciation for art. In their short time in Paris, Max's mother enrolled him in drawing classes at the [[Louvre]], where he began to study [[Fauvism]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Max|first1=Peter|title=The Universe of Peter Max|last2=Zurbel|first2=Victor|publisher=Harper Design|year=2013|location=New York|pages=49}}</ref> After nine months in Paris, Max and his family made their final move, settling in Brooklyn, New York. 

Max and his parents first settled in [[Bensonhurst, Brooklyn]], in 1953 where he attended [[Lafayette High School (New York City)|Lafayette High School]], classmates with future actor [[Paul Sorvino]]. In 1956, Max began his formal art training at the [[Art Students League of New York]] in [[Manhattan]], studying anatomy, figure drawing and composition under [[Frank J. Reilly]], who had studied at the League alongside [[Norman Rockwell]].<ref name="ArtofPeterMax">{{cite book | last = Riley II | first = Charles A. | author-link = Charles A. Riley II | title = The Art of Peter Max | publisher = Abrams, New York | year = 2002 | edition = 1st | pages = [https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780810932708/page/228 228–235] | url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780810932708/page/228 | isbn = 0-8109-3270-9 | access-date = 2008-12-10 | url-access = registration }}</ref>