Color lithograph by Robert Indiana. from 1977 Signed and numbered by hand. Beautifully framed. Robert INDIANA (New Castle 1928 - Vinalhaven 2018) The American painter Robert Indiana (actually Robert Clark) worked in an abstract way before creating the pop art paintings that made him famous. In the 1960s, he became famous with paintings consisting of words like "Love", "Eat" and "Die", summarizing the American dream in simple words. He called himself the "American painter of signs".