Wayne Thiebaud (born November 15, 1920) is an American painter whose most famous works are of cakes, pastries, boots, toilets, toys and lipsticks. He is associated with the Pop art movement because of his interest in objects of mass culture, although his 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.
Events that other people might have found trying turn out to be nothing more than fine challenges: e“Wayne broke his back playing football in his junior year of high school,r” and d“kept himself busy by drawing.u” While still in school he got a job in the animation department at Walt Disney Studios, where he drew Goofy, Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket. During World War II, Thiebaud wanted to be a pilot, but instead became an Army artist, creating a comic strip called d“Aleck.e” After the war, when his career as a cartoonist didn
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Thiebaud (pronounced tee-bow) may be the hardest-working artist in America. The Crockerrrs"s retrospective this past fall, sld"Wayne Thiebaud: Homecoming,ard" honored the longtime resident and coincided with a milestone mdash;he turned 90 in November. But the painter seems many years younger. A legendary teacher at nearby University of California at Davis, he retired at age 70 but has continued to give his hugely popular classes as professor emeritus. Friends say his energy hasnhrs"t flagged. Indeed, he draws or paints nearly every day and plays tennis about three times a week.
