- Also known as
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Wayne Thiebaud
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primary name: Thiebaud, Wayne
- Details
- individual; American (USA); Male
- Life dates
- 1920-2021
- Biography
- Born 15 November 1920 in Meza, Arizona, Thiebaud moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1921 and remained based in California. He is best known for his deadpan depictions of cakes, confectionery and enticing consumer edibles, which he began to produce in bold colours and with thick creamy applications of paint from the early 1960s. In 1962 he was included in ‘New Painting of Common Objects’ organized by Walter Hopps at the Pasadena Art Museum, which featured five young California artists, including Ed Ruscha, alongside the New York artists Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Jim Dine. That year he also had his first solo exhibition in New York with Allan Stone, who thereafter represented him. From 1964 he began to make etchings with Kathan Brown at Crown Point Press, Oakland, California. From the early 1970s, cityscapes of San Francisco, where he established his second home, began to appear. Alongside his own practice as a painter and printmaker, he lectured in fine art at the University of California, Davis, from 1960 until 1990, and latterly as emeritus professor. Died 25 December 2021, aged 101.
- Bibliography
- Whitney Museum of American Art, 'Thiebaud Graphics 1964-1971', Whitney Museum and others, exh. organized by Parasol Press, New York, 1971
