Wayne Thiebaud (born November 15, 1920) is an American painter widely known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects— pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and hot dogs—as well as for his landscapes and figure paintings. Thiebaud is associated with the Pop art movement because of his interest in objects of mass culture, although his early works, executed during the fifties and sixties, slightly predate the works of the classic pop artists. Thiebaud uses heavy pigment and exaggerated colors to depict his subjects, and the well-defined shadows characteristic of advertisements are almost always included in his work.
California State University, Sacramento, San Jose State University, Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Nationality
American
Spouse
Betty Jean Thiebaud, Patricia Patterson
Parents
Alice E. Thiebaud, Morton J. Thiebaud
Awards
National Medal of Arts
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[observation, at 92] All along you just keep hacking away at it. I didn't go to art school, so I worked my way through. When I started deciding to try and be a painter, I thought I'd better go to work whether I feel it or not, and that's what I've pretty much done.
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He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1994 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
$100,000