Wayne Thiebaud was known for his exaggeration in his colors, and his very heavy pigment in his paintings. A staple of Theibaud's work was the use of defined shadows which were often found in advertisements. Wayne Thiebaud graduated from which is now CSU Sacramento with his Master's Degree in 1952. He later went on to teach art at UC Davis, and influenced thousands of artists for almost twenty years.
« I haven't the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something
of which you have to prove. »
Wayne Thiebaud
Although Wayne Thiebaud always claimed to be an 'painter of illusionist form' but he made big headlines during the dawn of the
Pop Art movement at the Sydney Janis art gallery in New York City in 1962. Wayne Thieboad went on to influe
Read More Wayne Thiebaud was known for his exaggeration in his colors, and his very heavy pigment in his paintings. A staple of Theibaud's work was the use of defined shadows which were often found in advertisements. Wayne Thiebaud graduated from which is now CSU Sacramento with his Master's Degree in 1952. He later went on to teach art at UC Davis, and influenced thousands of artists for almost twenty years.
« I haven't the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something
of which you have to prove. »
Wayne Thiebaud
Although Wayne Thiebaud always claimed to be an 'painter of illusionist form' but he made big headlines during the dawn of the
Pop Art movement at the Sydney Janis art gallery in New York City in 1962. Wayne Thieboad went on to influence several famous artists, notably
Andy Warhol. The 'New Painting of Common Objects' highly influenced
Warhol's famous 'Campbell's Soup Cans' painting. He was being presented with the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton in 1994, and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Art by the Academy of Design in 2001.
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