Wayne Thiebaud’s pastel-hued still-life paintings and prints of baked goods, gumball machines, hot dogs and paint cans are often associated with the Pop art movement, thanks to the mass-cultural appeal of their content. Stylistically, however, Thiebaud eschewed the precision found in the art of such Pop giants as Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol in favor of a more painterly approach, not unlike that of the Italian modernist Giorgio Morandi, whose dreamy paintings of vessels and household objects are simple yet richly atmospheric.
Thiebaud was born in Mesa, Arizona, in 1920 and grew up in Southern California from the age of six months. As a high schooler, he had a summer apprenticeship at Walt Disney Studios, which led to a stint as a graphic artist in the U.S. Army Air Forces’ First Motion Picture Unit during World War II. After the war, he attended the California State College at Sacramento on the G.I. Bill, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1951 and earning a master’s soon after. He went on to teach at the University of California, Davis, from 1960 to ’91.
In the late ’50s, time spent living in New York City proved crucial to Thiebaud’s career. There, he befriended Abstract Expressionist painters Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline and drew inspiration from the work of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. Admiring the color and form on display in New York’s many bakeries, he began painting small canvases featuring rows of treats, which would become one of his central subjects. Though Thiebaud himself doesn’t identify as a Pop artist, the first major exhibition that brought him national renown was a seminal 1962 Pop show at the Sidney Janis Gallery in Manhattan. That same year, he was included in "New Painting of Common Objects” at the Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, which also featured paintings by Ed Ruscha and Jim Dine. Iconic works such as Pie Counter (1963) demonstrate Thiebaud’s signature treatment of commonplace items with the grandeur and scale of a landscape.
Thiebaud’s interest in exaggerated colors and vernacular subject matter — characteristics that call to mind images found in mid-century advertising — made him an intriguing figure occupying the hazy borderlands between fine and commercial art. Yet through a masterful handling of paint, evocative use of light and poignant sense of isolation, Thiebaud’s work is unquestionably thoughtful and singular. His later forays into landscape painting, as seen in Steep Street (1989) or Country City (1988), bring to bear his bold use of color on complex urban scenes.
Pieces by Thiebaud can be found in the collections of major museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, among many others. In 1994, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Bill Clinton.
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Wayne Thiebaud - Bakery Case
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Central, HK
Wayne Thiebaud Bakery Case, 2018 Offset lithographic poster in colours on smooth wove paper 22 × 24 3/5 in 55.8 × 62.6 cm Wayne Thiebaud is famous for his colorful paintings of mou...
Paper
Avocado Salad - Oil on Canvas Painting, 1962
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Avocado Salad” is an oil on prepared canvas by American artist, Wayne Thiebaud. Thiebaud is best known for his still life paintings of everyday food items such as pies, cakes, gumba...
Canvas, Oil
Chocolate Pie
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in London, GB
Woodcut on wove paper Edition of 10 Signed and dated.
Woodcut
Rose, from Recent Etchings II
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in San Francisco, CA
Framed: 39 3/8 x 30 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches, 3/4 inch face, Wood frame Wayne Thiebaud was born Mesa, Arizona in 1920, and his family soon moved to Los Angeles in 1921. In high school he ...
Etching
$6,800
Cone
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in New York, NY
Created by Wayne Thiebaud in 1995, Cone is an original etching on Somerset paper. Hand-signed, dated, and numbered in pencil from the edition of 40, the artwork measures 11 ¼ x 12 in...
Etching
"Italian Desserts, " Etching signed by Wayne Thiebaud
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Milwaukee, WI
An etching in red by American pop artist Wayne Thiebaud depicting six Italian desserts. This is #16 from the edition of 50. It is signed and dated in pencil lower right, and numbered...
Etching
Breakfast - Pop Art, Post War, Color Etching, 1995
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“Breakfast” is a colored etching and drypoint by American artist, Wayne Thiebaud from 1995. The work is edition 22/50 and is signed lower right, "Thiebaud 1995” Wayne Thiebaud's Bre...
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Candy Apples - Candy Americana
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in London, GB
This original etching and aquatint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Thiebaud", at the lower right margin. It is dated ‘65’ [1965] next to the signature. It is also hand numbe...
Etching, Aquatint
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Banana Splits
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in New York, NY
Included in the artist’s early, renowned Delights suite, Wayne Thiebaud created Banana Splits in 1964 as an original etching, the artwork hand-signed, titled, dated and numbered in p...
Etching
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Dark Hill River
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Palo Alto, CA
The Sacramento River deltas and levees near Thiebaud’s studio became a source of inspiration starting in the mid-1990s where he would sketch en plein air and then work combined ideas...
Engraving, Drypoint, Aquatint
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Hill River
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 2002, this Wayne Thiebaud Hill River, 2002 drypoint and aquatint in color on wove paper is hand signed by Wayne Thiebaud (Mesa, 1920 - Sacramento, 2021) in pencil in the l...
Drypoint, Aquatint
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Clown, from Recent Etchings I
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1979, this etching and aquatint on Somerset paper is hand-signed by Wayne Thiebaud (Mesa, 1920 - Sacramento, 2021) in pencil in the lower right margin and is numbered from...
Etching, Aquatint
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SILVER LANDSCAPE
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in New York, NY
This Silkscreen on three colors is a A.P. edition of 50 depicting a silver landscape
Color
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Dark Gumball Machine
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in New York, NY
Wayne Thiebaud Dark Gumball Machine, 1964/ 2017 Hard ground and soft ground etching 18h x 12w in
Etching
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River Turns Etching, Pop Art Style, Signed, 21st Century Edition
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Wayne Thiebaud has long been recognized as one of America’s most prominent modern artists. Probably best known for his straightforward, deadpan still-life paintings of the 1960s, and...
Drypoint, Etching
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Heart Ridge Etching, Contemporary Drypoint Landscape, 21st Century
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The images in Wayne Thiebaud's drypoints fill the space around them, carving into it. They are images of mountains. In one, only the mountaintop shows and a gigantic cloud is in the ...
Drypoint, Etching
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Cone Etching Print, Pop Art Style, Signed, 21st Century, 6.5x8 in
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil.
Etching
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"Gold Dredgers" Sacramento, Watercolor by Wayne Thiebaud
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Wayne Thiebaud, American (1920 - ) Title: "Gold Dredger" Sacramento Year: circa 1956 Medium: Watercolor on paper Signature: Signed and titled in pencil Image Size: 9 x 20.5 ...
Watercolor
Theater Marquee, Early Lithograph by Wayne Thiebaud 1956
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Wayne Thiebaud, American (1920 - ) Title: Theater Marquee Year: 1956 Medium: Lithograph Signature: Signed, titled, numbered, and dated in penci...
Lithograph
$1,906
H 17.72 in W 13 in D 0.4 in
Salvador Dali - Fight Before la Dame - Original Handsigned Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Handsigned Etching From La Quête du Graal Dimensions: 45 x 33 cm Handsigned Edition: 38/100 (from the rare deluxe suite aside from the standard edition) Cat...
Etching
$1,787
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
Salvador Dali - The Violet Boot - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Violet Boot - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : Field ...
Etching
$1,786
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
Salvador Dali - The Torso - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Torso - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : Field 68-6 (...
Etching
$1,786
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
Salvador Dali - Venus in Furs - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : Field 68-6 (p. 40-41). Salvador Dal...
Etching
$1,786
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
Salvador Dali - Woman on Horse - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Woman on Horse - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12"....
Etching
$1,787
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
Salvador Dali - The Woman of the Shoe - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Woman of the Shoe - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : ...
Etching
$16,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 53.75 in W 48 in D 2.5 in
JASPER JOHNS The Seasons, 1990 - Hand-Signed, Etching and Acquatint
By Jasper Johns
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"The Seasons" is a compelling artwork by Jasper Johns that delves into artifacts and seasonal symbols to represent the epochs of life and the cycles of growth and aging. This piece, ...
Etching
$972Sale Price|20% Off
H 9.45 in W 11.42 in D 0.79 in
Still Life with Pears, Modern Oil Painting on Canvas, 1940s, Unframed
By Herbert Theurillat
Located in Genève, GE
Elegant oil on canvas signed Theurillat, depicting a refined still life composition with pears rendered in a modernist and expressive style. The composition is characterized by broad...
Oil, Canvas
$4,000
H 24.63 in W 19.75 in
Red Ochre Flowers Etching, Contemporary Still Life, Signed A/P, 1978
By Jim Dine
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Red Ochre Flowers Etching, soft ground etching, aquatint, drypoint, engraving and electric tools, 1978 Signed "Jim Dine" lower left (see photo) Annotated A/P and dated lower left (se...
Etching
$1,672Sale Price|35% Off
H 20 in W 24 in D 2 in
Seascape Moonlight with Crashing Waves Vintage British Oil Painting
Located in Preston, GB
Seascape Moonlight with Crashing Waves Vintage British Oil Painting Signed to lower left Art measures 20 x 16 inches Frame measures 24 x 20 inches This painting depicts a serene an...
Canvas, Oil
$2,978
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
Salvador Dali - The Winged Demon - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Winged Demon - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12"....
Etching
$375
H 18.12 in W 25.2 in D 0.04 in
The Red One, Sweet Art, Quality Street Artwork, Still Life Artwork, Food Art
By Simon Dry
Located in Deddington, GB
Limited edition print of the original ‘The Red One’ Quality Street Strawberry Cream image by Simon Dry. The first print onto Fabriano paper is over painted in white by Simon and then over printed again to create a uniquely textured hand finished surface. Each print becomes a richly coloured and individual piece of art in a limited edition of 50, signed and numbered by the artist. Simon Dry original art and prints available online and in the gallery at Wychwood Art. Simon Dry trained as a graphic designer, graduating with a BA (Hons) from Ravensbourne College of Art & Design. He has run Drydesign in London, Dublin and Suffolk, using skills learned in this time to create SweetArt along with his wife, Vic. Artist Simon Dry has created highly original art of much loved sweets, made solely from discarded Quality Street wrappers. These iconic artworks feature Dolly Mixture, Fab ice lolly...
Paper, Screen
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H 12.75 in W 10.75 in
Wayne Thiebaud Drypoint, Signed, 1964, Fish, from Delights
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Wayne Thiebau Title: Fish Portfolio: Delights Medium: Drypoint on BFK Rives Date: 1964 Edition: AP (artist's proof, aside from the edition of 100) Sheet Size: 12 3/4" x 10 3/...
Drypoint
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H 6 in W 4 in
Wayne Thiebaud, Arts Council of UK 1960's postcard hand signed, dated '76 Framed
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in New York, NY
Wayne Thiebaud Offset lithograph postcard Hand signed and dated 1976 in ink on the back The work depicted in this postcard is Thiebaud's 1964 "Booth Girl", published by the Arts Coun...
Postcard
Wayne Thiebaud - Bakery Case
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Central, HK
Wayne Thiebaud Bakery Case, 2018 Offset lithographic poster in colours on smooth wove paper 22 × 24 3/5 in 55.8 × 62.6 cm Wayne Thiebaud is famous for his colorful paintings of mou...
Paper
Wayne Thiebaud - Bakery Case
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Central, HK
Wayne Thiebaud Bakery Case, 2018 Offset lithographic poster in colours on smooth wove paper 22 × 24 3/5 in 55.8 × 62.6 cm Wayne Thiebaud is famous for his colorful paintings of mou...
Paper
Wayne Thiebaud - Bakery Case
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Central, HK
Wayne Thiebaud Bakery Case, 2018 Offset lithographic poster in colours on smooth wove paper 22 × 24 3/5 in 55.8 × 62.6 cm Wayne Thiebaud is famous for his colorful paintings of mouthwatering cakes, pies, pastries, and everyday items. While his work enjoys a broad appeal and evokes a distinctly American nostalgia, Thiebaud’s complex depictions of light and shadow give depth and strangeness to his deceptively simple compositions. His canvases share affinities with both early Pop art and a longer tradition of still-life painting. At auction, Thiebaud’s paintings regularly sell for millions...
Paper
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H 36 in W 24 in
Scarce offset lithograph: Cake Slices, for SFMOMA, Hand signed by Wayne Thiebaud
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in New York, NY
Wayne Thiebaud Cake Slices, for the New SFMOMA (Hand signed by Wayne Thiebaud), 1996 Color Offset lithograph (hand signed by Wayne Thiebaud) B...
Lithograph, Offset
Bakery Case
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Central, HK
Wayne Thiebaud Bakery Case, 2018 Offset lithographic poster in colours on smooth wove paper 22 × 24 3/5 in 55.8 × 62.6 cm Wayne Thiebaud is famous for his colorful paintings of mou...
Paper
Bakery Case by Wayne Thiebaud
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Wayne Thiebaud: Bakery Case Wayne Thiebaud (1920) is famous for his mouthwatering depictions of cakes, ice creams and hot dogs. He is well-known for his clear compositions, glisteni...
Lithograph
Three Flavors
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in New York, NY
This vivid watercolor by Wayne Thiebaud features three colorful ice cream cones, one of the artist's signature subjects from the early 1960s until his death in 2021.
Watercolor
Dark Cupcakes and Donuts
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 2006, this direct gravure on gampi chine collé wove paper is hand-signed by Wayne Thiebaud (Mesa, 1920 - Sacramento, 2021) in pencil in the lower right margin. Numbered fr...
Engraving
Hot Chocolate
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 2002, this direct etching with drypoint printed in brown hand-signed by Wayne Thiebaud (Mesa, 1920 - Sacramento, 2021) in pencil in the lower right margin and is numbered ...
Drypoint, Etching
Pie Case
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 2002, this color etching with aquatint and drypoint on Somerset wove paper is hand-signed and dated by Wayne Thiebaud (Mesa, 1920 - Sacramento, 2021) in pencil in the lower right margin and is numbered from the edition of 40 in pencil in the lower left margin. About the Framing: Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Wayne Thiebaud Pie...
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint