Wayne Thiebaud

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Wayne Thiebaud was an American painter best known for his richly colored, thickly painted depictions of everyday objects such as cakes, pies, and gumball machines, which blend Pop Art sensibilities with traditional painterly techniques.

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Wayne Thiebaud canonical 12
Thiebaud 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
professor ⓘ
artisticTechnique impasto ⓘ
vivid color modulation ⓘ
awardReceived National Academy of Design membership ⓘ
National Medal of Arts ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1920-11-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-12-25 ⓘ
educatedAt California State University, Sacramento ⓘ
San José State University ⓘ
employer University of California, Davis ⓘ
familyName Thiebaud ⓘ
linked to: Wayne Thiebaud
fieldOfWork painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
fullName Wayne Thiebaud ⓘ
genre landscape painting ⓘ
still life painting ⓘ
givenName Wayne ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
influencedBy Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
American popular culture ⓘ
commercial illustration ⓘ
movement Bay Area Figurative Movement ⓘ
New Realism ⓘ
linked to: Nouveau Réalisme

Pop Art ⓘ
linked to: Pop art
notableFor depictions of everyday consumer objects ⓘ
paintings of cakes and pies ⓘ
paintings of gumball machines ⓘ
use of thick impasto paint ⓘ
vibrant color palette ⓘ
notableWork Cakes (1963) ⓘ
Candy Counter (1962) ⓘ
Flatland River ⓘ
Pies, Pies, Pies (1961) ⓘ
Three Machines (1963) ⓘ
occupation art teacher ⓘ
painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mesa, Arizona, United States ⓘ
linked to: Mesa, Arizona
placeOfDeath Sacramento, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Sacramento
positionHeld professor of art at University of California, Davis ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Sacramento, California ⓘ
linked to: Sacramento

San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Phillips Collection → hasWorkBy → Wayne Thiebaud ⓘ
Richard Diebenkorn → influenced → Wayne Thiebaud ⓘ
Wayne Thiebaud → fullName → Wayne Thiebaud ⓘ
Wayne Thiebaud → familyName → Thiebaud ⓘ
linked to: Wayne Thiebaud
Cakes (1963) → creator → Wayne Thiebaud ⓘ
Cakes (1963) → notableWorkOf → Wayne Thiebaud ⓘ
Three Machines (1963) → creator → Wayne Thiebaud ⓘ
Pies, Pies, Pies (1961) → creator → Wayne Thiebaud ⓘ
Candy Counter (1962) → creator → Wayne Thiebaud ⓘ
David Park → influenced → Wayne Thiebaud ⓘ
Flatland River → creator → Wayne Thiebaud ⓘ