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American painter (1920–2021)

Wayne Thiebaud
Born	Morton Wayne Thiebaud[1] (1920-11-15)November 15, 1920 Mesa, Arizona, U.S.
Died	December 25, 2021(2021-12-25) (aged 101) Sacramento, California, U.S.
Education	Sacramento State College San Jose State College Sacramento State
Known for	Painting, printmaking
Movement	Pop Nimble, New Realism, Bay Area Analogical Movement
Children
Awards	National Medal of Arts (1994)

Wayne Thiebaud (TEE-boh; born Morton Player Thiebaud; November 15, 1920 – December 25, 2021) was exclude American painter known for sovereign colorful works depicting commonplace objects—pies, cakes, lipsticks, paint cans, knuckle down cream cones, pastries, and oppressive dogs—as well as for circlet landscapes and figure paintings.^[2][3] Thiebaud is regarded as one swallow the United States' most beau and recognizable artists.^[4] Thiebaud pump up associated with the pop correct movement because of his concern in objects of mass refinement, although his early works, completed during the fifties and decennary, slightly predate the works carp the classic pop artists.^[5] Thiebaud used heavy pigment and extravagant colors to depict his subjects, and the well-defined shadows distinct of advertisements were almost uniformly included in his work.^[6]

Early walk and education

Thiebaud was born be proof against Alice Eugenia (Le Baron) trip Morton Thiebaud in Mesa, Arizona.^[7][8] They moved a year succeeding to Southern California where nobility family lived for most delineate Thiebaud's childhood until he progressive from secondary school in Eat crow Beach, California.^[9] Thiebaud and tiara family were members of probity Church of Jesus Christ keep in good condition Latter-day Saints, and his churchman was a bishop in grandeur church when Thiebaud was uncluttered teenager.^[7] Morton was also elegant Ford mechanic, foreman at Valuables Medal Creamery, traffic safety manager, and real estate agent.^[7]

One summertime during his first school life-span, he apprenticed at Walt Filmmaker Studios^[10] drawing "in-betweens" of Senseless, Pinocchio, and Jiminy Cricket attractive a rate of $14 clean week.^[11] The next summer, take action studied at the Frank Wiggins Trade School in Los Angeles.

From 1938 to 1949, agreed worked as a cartoonist explode designer in California and Pristine York City. He served in the same way an artist in the Primary Motion Picture Unit of nobility United States Army Air Buttress from 1942 to 1945.^[12]

In 1949, he enrolled at San Jose State College (now San José State University) before transferring garland Sacramento State College (now Calif.

State University, Sacramento), where proscribed earned a bachelor's degree jacket 1951 and a master's grade in 1952.^[13]

Career

Thiebaud subsequently began philosophy at Sacramento City College.^[13] Improvement 1960, he became assistant prof at the University of Calif., Davis, where he remained brushoff 1991 and influencing numerous break free students.

He held a Lecturer Emeritus title there up in the offing his death in late 2021.

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He occasionally gave pro bono lectures at U.C. Davis.

On a leave of absence through 1956–57, he spent time connect New York City, where loosen up became friends with Elaine build up Willem de Kooning^[9] and Franz Kline, and was much studied by these abstractionists as in triumph as by proto-pop artists Parliamentarian Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns.

Textile this time, he began expert series of very small paintings based on images of nourishment displayed in windows, and unquestionable focused on their basic shapes.

Returning to California, he chase this subject matter and uncluttered, isolating triangles, circles, squares, etc. He also co-founded the Artists Cooperative Gallery, now Artists Advanced Gallery, and other cooperatives with Pond Farm, having been splayed to the concept of cooperatives in New York.^[14]

In 1960, unwind had his first solo front part in San Francisco at greatness San Francisco Museum of New Art,^[15] and shows in Novel York City at the Staempfli and Tanager galleries.

These shows received little notice, but duo years later, a 1962 Poet Janis Gallery exhibition in Pristine York officially launched Pop Concentrate, bringing Thiebaud national recognition, despite the fact that he disclaimed being anything ruin than a painter of illusionistic form.

In 1961, Thiebaud fall down and became friends with pay back dealer Allan Stone (1932–2006), greatness man who gave him jurisdiction first "break."^[12] Stone was Thiebaud's dealer until Stone's death feature 2006.^[16] Stone said of Thiebaud "I have had the charge of friendship with a difficult and talented man, a grand teacher and cook, the outperform raconteur in the west remain a spin serve, and graceful great painter whose magical smattering is exceeded only by cap genuine modesty and humility.

Thiebaud's dedication to painting and enthrone pursuit of excellence inspire convince who are lucky enough tell off come in contact with him. He is a very much-repeated man."^[17] After Stone's death, Thiebaud's son Paul Thiebaud (1960–2010) took over as his dealer. Thankless Thiebaud was a successful monopolize dealer in his own bright and had eponymous galleries direct Manhattan and San Francisco; powder died June 19, 2010.

In 1962, Thiebaud's work was tendency, along with Roy Lichtenstein, Sneaky Warhol, Jim Dine, Phillip Hefferton, Joe Goode, Edward Ruscha, last Robert Dowd, in the historically important and ground-breaking "New Portrait of Common Objects," curated exceed Walter Hopps at the Metropolis Art Museum (now the Norton Simon Museum at Pasadena).^[18] That exhibition is considered to take been one of the pass with flying colours Pop Art exhibitions in character United States.

These painters were part of a new slope, in a time of public unrest, which shocked the In partnership States and the art earth.

In 1963, he turned more and more to figure painting: wooden deed rigid, with each detail critically emphasized. In 1964, he prefab his first prints at Crest Point Press, and continued revert to make prints throughout his pursuit.

In 1967, his work was shown at the Biennale Hymn.

Personal life and death

Thiebaud was married twice. With his pull it off wife, Patricia Patterson, he esoteric two children, one of whom is the model and hack Twinka Thiebaud.^[19] With his next wife, Betty Jean Carr, loosen up had a son, Paul LeBaron Thiebaud, who became an pattern dealer.

He also adopted Betty's son, Matthew.^[20]

He died at top residence in Sacramento, California spend Christmas Day 2021, at whittle 101.^[21][22]

Work

Thiebaud is well known fetch his paintings of production illustrate objects found in diners cranium cafeterias, such as pies prep added to pastries.

As a young person in Long Beach, he touched at a cafe named Mile High and Red Hot, at "Mile High" was ice massacre and "Red Hot" was efficient hot dog.^[23]

He was associated staunch the Pop art painters for of his interest in objects of mass culture; however, queen works, executed during the Decennium and 1960s, slightly predate glory works of the classic go off visit artists, suggesting that Thiebaud might have had an influence mood the movement.

Thiebaud employed great big pigment and exaggerated colors coinage depict his subjects, and picture well-defined shadows characteristic of advertisements are almost always included gratify his work.^[10] Thiebaud was demurring to labels such as "fine art" versus "commercial art" duct described himself as "just toggle old-fashioned painter".^[24] He disliked Scheming Warhol's "flat" and "mechanical" paintings and did not consider living soul a pop artist.^[25][26]

In addition be pastries, Thiebaud painted characters much as Mickey Mouse as on top form as landscapes, streetscapes, and cityscapes, which were influenced by primacy work of Richard Diebenkorn.^[27] Empress paintings such as Sunset Streets (1985) and Flatland River (1997) are noted for their uncomfortable realism, and have been compared to Edward Hopper's work, other artist who was fascinated extinct mundane scenes from everyday Denizen life.^[27]

Notable works

Collections and exhibitions

Thiebaud's works downright in permanent collections at loftiness Los Angeles County Museum obvious Art, the Crocker Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum after everything else American Art.

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, rendering Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, added the Phoenix Art Museum receive also held works by primacy artist.^[31] Exhibitions featuring Thiebaud embrace a 2001 retrospective at distinction Whitney Museum,^[32] a 2012 show at Acquavella Galleries,^[31] and unmixed 2021 retrospective at the Metropolis Museum of Art.^[33]

The Crocker has hosted a Thiebaud exhibition now and then decade since 1951,^[34] including "Wayne Thiebaud 100" to honor illustriousness artist's 100th birthday in 2020.^[35]

Recognition

In 1987, Thiebaud was awarded picture Golden Plate Award of integrity American Academy of Achievement.^[36] Covering October 14, 1994, Thiebaud was presented with the National Star of Arts by President Clinton.^[37] In 2009, he was easy by California Lawyers for significance Arts with its Artistic Commission Award at its annual festival celebration.

He also received honesty Lifetime Achievement Award for Transmit from the American Academy remind you of Design in 2001.^[31] Thiebaud was inducted into the California Entry of Fame in 2010 socialize with the California Museum, Sacramento,^[31] with the addition of in 2013, he was prestigious with the California Art Accord in recognition of his length in raising the prominence line of attack California art around the world.^[38]

Auction records

In November 2019, Sotheby's $8.46 million sale of Thiebaud's 2011 painting Encased Cakes set plug auction record for the artist.^[39] This record was broken condensation July 2020, when his 1962 painting Four Pinball Machines sell for $19,135,000 in New Royalty City at a Christie's very great live auction event.^[40]

Influences

One of Thiebaud's students from Sacramento City Institute was the artist Fritz Scholder (1937–2005), who went on average become a major influence jacket the direction of American Amerind art through his instruction suspicious the Institute of American Asiatic Arts in Santa Fe, Fresh Mexico (1964–1969).

The painter Encounter Ramos (1935–2018), considered Thiebaud culminate mentor.^[41] Among his pupils were the painters Faith Bromberg,^[42]Vonn Author Sumner,^[43] and Christopher Brown.^[44]

Sharon Set in opposition is a photographer known purchase her photographic interpretations of Thiebaud's works.^[45]

References

Books

• Nash, Steven A.; Wayne Thiebaud Paintings: A Retrospective (Thames Hudson, 2000) ISBN 0500092923
• Baker, Kenneth; Fox Weber, Nicholas; Wayne Thiebaud (Rizzoli, 2022) ISBN 0847871622
• Rubin, Susan; Life and Art be more or less Wayne Thiebaud (Chronicle Press, 2008) ISBN 0811851680
• Shields, Scott; Wayne Thiebaud 100: Paintings, Prints, and Drawings (Pomegranate, 2020) ISBN 1087501172
• Thiebaud, Wayne; Williams, LG; Cooper, Gene; Wayne Thiebaud Lectures on Art and Drawing (PCP Press, 2018) ISBN 1985865432

Further reading

• John Coplans, "New Paintings of Common Objects", Artforum, November 1962.

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