Wayne Thiebaud

(American, 1920–2021)

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Wayne Thiebaud

Downgrade, 1979

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Wayne Thiebaud

Half Cakes, 1971

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Wayne Thiebaud

Little Red Suckers, 1971–2014

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Wayne Thiebaud

Steep Street, 1989

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Wide Downstreet, 1985

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Glassed Candy, 1965

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Beach Glasses, 1994

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Dark Glasses, 1994

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Paint Cans, 1990

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Two Meringues, 2004

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Ripley Ridge, 1977

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Double Deckers, from the series, Delights, 1964

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Biography

Timeline

1920
Born in Mesa, AZ
1936
Worked briefly in animation department of Walt Disney Studios, Los Angeles, CA
1937
Attends Frank Wiggins Trade School to study commercial art, Los Angeles, CA
1940 - 1941
Attended Long Beach Junior College (now Long Beach City College), Long Beach, CA
1942 - 1945
Served in United States Army Air Force. In the last months of service he is transferred to Air Force Motion Picture Unit, Culver City, CA
1946 - 1949
Worked as layout designer and cartoonist in advertising department for Rexall Drug Copany, Los Angeles, CA
Meets sculptor Robert Mallary, a co-worker at Rexall
1948
Participates in first major museum exhibition, Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum (now Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
1949 - 1950
Attended San Jose State College (now San Jose State University), San Jose, CA
1950 - 1953
Transfered to California State College (now California State University), Sacramento, CA
Received B.A. in 1951
Received MA in 1953 (art major focused on art history, theory and education)
1950 - 1959
Served as an exhibit designer for annual art exhibition of the California State Fair and Exposition, Sacramento, CA

Exhibitions

2018
Wayne Thiebaud 1958–1968, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis, CA [exh. cat.]
Wayne Thiebaud Drawings, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY [exh. cat.].
2017
Wayne Thiebaud 1962 to 2017, White Cube (Mason’s Yard), London [exh. cat.]
2016
Wayne Thiebaud: Prints in Process, University Art Museum at California State University, Long Beach, CA
Wayne Thiebaud, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015
Wayne Thiebaud, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Wayne Thiebaud: By Hand, Robert and Karen Hoehn Family Galleries, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
Wayne Thiebaud: Prints and Works on Paper, Sims Reed Gallery, London,United Kingdom
2014
Wayne Thiebaud: Works on Paper, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA. Traveled to: Napa Valley Museum,Yountville, CA
Wayne Thiebaud: American Memories, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

Public Collections

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Museo Morandi, Bologna, Italy
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Tate Britain, London, UK
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Literature

2015
Wayne Thiebaud. Text by Kenneth Baker, Nicholas Fox Weber, Karen Wilkin and John Yau. Introduction by Wayne Thiebaud. New York: Rizzoli, 2015
2014
Wayne Thiebaud. Essay by Jock Reynolds. New York: Acquavella Galleries, 2014
Wayne Thiebaud: In Black and White. Essay by Carter Ratcliff. New York: Allan Stone Projects, 2014
Zakian, Michael. Wayne Thiebaud: Works on Paper 1948–2004. Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University
2012
Wayne Thiebaud: A Retrospective. Essays by John Wilmerding and Pepe Karmel. Rizzoli and Acquavella Galleries, 2012
2011
Wayne Thiebaud at Museo Morandi. Istituzione Galleria d’Arte Moderna Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
2010
Wayne Thiebaud. Faggionato Fine Arts, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, 2010.
Wayne Thiebaud: Charcoal Still Lifes 1964–1974. Lawrence Markey Inc, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, 2010.
2009
Nash, Steven A. with Gene Cooper. Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting. Palm Springs Art Museum, 2009.
2007
Thiebaud: Seventy Years of Painting. Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
You See: The Early Years of the UC Davis Studio Art Faculty. Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, CA.
2004
Wayne Thiebaud: City / Country. Harwood Museum of Art, University of New Mexico, Taos, NM.