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For me this is a bit of a click and salivate post! In all honesty written entirely for me - for looking at from time to time - rather than sharing with any of you - but you can look too! ;)
- In an An Eye for Art produced by the National Gallery in Washington - you can read online (or download the pdf file and read later) about he produced his artwork
- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has a nice collection of works of art by Thiebaud
- Christies provides a nice video of a Studio visit: Wayne Thiebaud - in which he
discusses drawings versus prints, the audacity of the artist’s vocation — and why he doesn’t believe in ‘the idea of success’
"my work is not showing off, not grandiose, - human things..."
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- On ArtNet - you can see lots if different works by him - from drawings and paintings to fine art prints (etchings, linocuts and lithographs)
- There are even more on Wayne Thiebaud on Artsy where you can apparently see 291 works of prints, paintings, drawings and works on paper
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- Many thanks to Artsy for doing their categorisation of his art. These are
- the Thiebaud Cakes
- the Thiebaud Ice Cream - so many different ways to draw a cone!
- The Thiebaud Lollipops
- the Thiebaud Cityscapes - I keep getting echoes of Charles Rennie MackIntosh and the way he drew landscapes with an emphasis on line and quite stylised colour. This one - of "Valley Streets" - is in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- I'd buy one - but I can't afford him - although doubtless my investment would increase in value!
Though Thiebaud is most often grouped with the Pop art movement for his subject matter, the artist considers himself “just an old fashioned painter,” and “not a card carrying Pop artist.” He remains best known for his still lifes of confections—sometimes painted from his own memories—which he considers interpretations of “Americanness.” In his works, objects and their shadows are characteristically outlined in multiple colors, creating a visual effect Thiebaud calls akin to vibration.
- Wikipedia as per usual provides a useful overview of his life and work. According to one line -
he apprenticed at Walt Disney Studios drawing "in-betweens" of Goofy, Pinocchio, and Jiminy Cricket at a rate of $14 a week
- but Wikipedia while not deleting this would like a citation!
- According to the Smithsonian Wayne Thiebaud Is Not a Pop Artist - which is worth a read
In a contemporary art world enthralled with such stunts as Damien Hirst’s diamond-encrusted skull, Thiebaud is wonderfully ungimmicky.
I think I like him because
- he's both ordinary and original,
- of the optical mixing he does (which I also do),
- of his strong emphasis on line - which I like a lot,
- his ability to be figurative and abstract at the same time
- and the fact that when he paints his paint is LUSH! His lush cream pies also sold for $4 million!
There are other affinities? Did I mention I have been known to go round sketching food (and people eating and drinking) - a lot?!
and finally......
Did you know Wayne Thiebaud is 98 years old? (he was born on 15 November 1920!)