Wayne Thiebaud
Morton Wayne Thiebaud (born November 15, 1920 in Mesa , Arizona , † December 25, 2021 in Sacramento , California ) was an American painter and an important representative of American Pop Art .
biography
Wayne Thiebaud's parents were Mormon supporters . Between 1921 and 1933 the family lived in Long Beach , Salt Lake City and Los Angeles . At Long Beach Polytechnic High School , Thiebaud showed an interest in sports, music, theater and drawing lessons - he was particularly fond of caricaturing his classmates and teachers. During the summer vacation of 1936 he worked in the animation department of Walt Disney Studios . During World War II , he served in the United States Army Air Forces and was near Sacramentostationed. In 1949 he enrolled as a student at San José State University (Bachelor of Arts) and from 1950 to 1953 at California State University (Master of Arts) in Sacramento. Between 1951 and 1961 he was a lecturer at Sacramento City College , where he taught, among others, the later pop artist Mel Ramos , and from 1960 to 1976 at the University of California at Davis .
For the twelfth birthday of the search engine Google on September 27, 2010, he designed a logo, a so-called doodle , which appeared on the homepage on that day.
Exhibitions
- 1951 Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento
- 1972 Documenta 5 in Kassel
- 1981 Walker Art Center in Minneapolis
Awards
- 1961 Scholastic Art Prize
- 1985 American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 1987 elected member (NA) of the National Academy of Design
- 1988 elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1994 National Medal of Arts
- 1998 Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from California State University, Sacramento
literature
- Steven A. Nash and Adam Gopnik: Wayne Thiebaud: A Paintings Retrospective. Hames & Hudson Ltd, 2000, ISBN 0-5000-9292-3
- Karen Tsujimoto: Wayne Thiebaud. University of Washington, 1985, ISBN 0-2959-6251-8
- Stephen C. McGough: Thiebaud Selects Thiebaud: A Forty-Year Survey from Private Collections. University of Washington, 1998, ISBN 1-8840-3800-X
Web links
- Wayne Thiebaud Biography. In: csus.edu . January 31, 2003, archived from the original on June 11, 2018 .
- Materials by and about Wayne Thiebaud in the documenta archive
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wayne Thiebaud American Proto-Pop Painter Dies Age 101. In: artlyst.com. December 26, 2021, accessed December 27, 2021 .
- ↑ National Academicians. Living Academicians "T". In: nationalacademy.org. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on July 17, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thiebaud, Wayne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thiebaud, Morton Wayne (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter |
| BIRTH DATE | November 15, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mesa , Arizona |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 2021 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Sacramento , California |