- MA, California State University, Sacramento (1952)
- BA, California State University, San Jose (1949)
- Painting
- Printmaking
Wayne Thiebaud became known in the early 1960s for paintings of cakes, pies, ice cream, deli counters and other ordinary foods rendered with thick, luminous paint. Based largely in California, he later developed vertiginous San Francisco cityscapes and expansive Sacramento River landscapes. He resisted the Pop label, emphasizing observation and painting over mass-media appropriation.
Painting; drawing; printmaking
Gallery Representation
DOCUMENTATION
EXHIBITION IMAGES via Contemporary Art Library ↗Major Works
- 1963Cakes
- 1963Three Machines
- 1961Pies, Pies, Pies
- 1962Bakery Counter
- 1963Display Cakes
- 1963Delicatessen Counter
- 1980Down 18th Street
- 2011Encased Cakes
- 2010River Intersection
- 1985Sunset Streets
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