Wayne Thiebaud
Wayne Thiebaud Three Machines, 1963, De Young Museum, San Francisco Born (1920-11-15) November 15, 1920 (age 94) Mesa, Arizona Nationality American Education Sacramento State College San Jose State College Sacramento State Known for Painting, Printmaking Movement Pop Art, New Realism, Bay Area Figurative Movement Awards National Medal of Arts (1994) Wayne Thiebaud (born November 15, 1920) is an American painter best 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 figures. He 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.