Editing Wayne Thiebaud (section)

{{Short description|American painter (1920–2021)}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name          = 
| image         =Wayne Thiebaud.png
| birth_name    = Morton Wayne Thiebaud<ref name="nga">{{cite web |title=Wayne Thiebaud biography |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.3185.html#biography |publisher=[[National Gallery of Art]] |access-date=January 28, 2020}}</ref>
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1920|11|15}}
| birth_place   = [[Mesa, Arizona]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2021|12|25|1920|11|15}}
| death_place   = [[Sacramento, California]], U.S.
| movement      = [[Pop Art]], [[New Realism]], [[Bay Area Figurative Movement]]
| awards        = [[National Medal of Arts]] (1994)
| patrons       = 
| field         = [[Painting]], [[printmaking]]
| training      = [[Sacramento State College]] <br />[[San Jose State College]]  <br />[[California State University, Sacramento|Sacramento State]]
| works         = 
| children      = {{ubl|[[Twinka Thiebaud]]|[[Paul Thiebaud]], Mallary Ann Thiebaud<ref>[https://www.berggruen.com/attachment/en/5576d828cfaf34dd488b4568/News/61d4cfc8e03ad573b976e4aa Berggruen Gallery]</ref>}}
}}

'''Wayne Thiebaud''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|iː|b|oʊ}} {{respell|TEE|boh}}; born Morton Wayne Thiebaud; November 15, 1920 – December 25, 2021) was an American painter known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects—pies, cakes, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and hot dogs—as well as for his landscapes and [[figure painting]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Halle |first=Howard |date=2023-05-01 |title=Who Was Wayne Thiebaud, and What Is His Place in American Art? |url=https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/who-was-wayne-thiebaud-bay-area-figurative-art-cakes-1234665954/background/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayne Thiebaud {{!}} Smithsonian American Art Museum |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/wayne-thiebaud-4776 |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=americanart.si.edu |language=en}}</ref> Thiebaud is regarded as one of the United States' most beloved and recognizable artists.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Article |first=Julia Halperin ShareShare This |date=2021-12-27 |title=The American Painter Wayne Thiebaud, Who Transformed Cakes Into Symbols of Joy and Longing, Has Died at 101 |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-artist-wayne-thiebaud-obituary-2055030 |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}</ref> Thiebaud 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Smithsonian |title=Wayne Thiebaud Is Not a Pop Artist |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/wayne-thiebaud-is-not-a-pop-artist-57060/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref> Thiebaud used heavy [[pigment]] and exaggerated colors to depict his subjects, and the well-defined shadows characteristic of advertisements were almost always included in his work.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.berggruen.com/artists/wayne-thiebaud | title=Wayne Thiebaud - Artists - Berggruen Gallery }}</ref>