Editing Wayne Thiebaud (section)

== Early life and education ==
Thiebaud was born to Alice Eugenia (Le Baron) and Morton Thiebaud in [[Mesa, Arizona]].<ref name=Sac>Kuz, Martin. [http://www.sactownmag.com/October-November-2010/Wayne-Thiebaud-The-First-90-Years/ "Wayne Thiebaud {The First 90 Years}"], ''[[Sactown Magazine]]'', October 2010. Retrieved on March 15, 2020.</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Newsmakers, 1991 Subscription |date=March 1991 |publisher=Thomson Gale |isbn=978-0-8103-7341-9 |page=109 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0usUn8L1yVwC&q=Alice+Morton+Thiebaud |language=en}}</ref> They moved a year later to [[Southern California]] where the family lived for most of Thiebaud's childhood until he graduated from secondary school in [[Long Beach, California]].<ref name=BrownNYTimes>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Patricia Leigh|title=Sweet Home California|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/arts/design/03wayne.html|access-date=October 1, 2013|newspaper=New York Times|date=September 29, 2010}}</ref> Thiebaud and his family were members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], and his father was a bishop in the church when Thiebaud was a teenager.<ref name=Sac /> Morton was also a [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] mechanic, foreman at Gold Medal Creamery, traffic safety supervisor, and real estate agent.<ref name=Sac />

One summer during his first school years, he apprenticed at [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Studios]]<ref name=McGuigan>{{cite news|last=McGuigan|first=Cathleen|title=Wayne Thiebaud Is Not a Pop Artist|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Wayne-Thiebaud-is-Not-a-Pop-Artist.html|access-date=October 1, 2013|newspaper=Smithsonian Magazine|date=February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428144554/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Wayne-Thiebaud-is-Not-a-Pop-Artist.html |archive-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref> drawing "in-betweens" of [[Goofy]], [[Pinocchio]], and [[Jiminy Cricket]] at a rate of $14 a week.<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=2021-12-27 |title=Wayne Thiebaud, Painter and Former Disney Animator, Dies at 101 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/wayne-thiebaud-dead-painter-cakes-disney-1235067520/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> The next summer, he studied at the [[Los Angeles Trade–Technical College|Frank Wiggins Trade School]] in [[Los Angeles]]. From 1938 to 1949, he worked as a cartoonist and designer in California and [[New York City]]. He served as an artist in the [[First Motion Picture Unit]] of the [[United States Army Air Forces]] from 1942 to 1945.<ref name="ThiebaudBerkson">{{Cite book|last1=Thiebaud|first1=Wayne|last2=Berkson|first2=Bill|author2-link=Bill Berkson|title=Figurative Works, 1959–1994: March 22–April 30, 1994|year=1994|publisher=Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame|location=Belmont, CA|url={{GBurl|mZpLAQAAIAAJ}}|oclc=1195741314}}</ref>

In 1949, he enrolled at San Jose State College (now [[San José State University]]) before transferring to Sacramento State College (now [[California State University, Sacramento]]), where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1951 and a master's degree in 1952.<ref name="Wayne Thiebaud">{{Cite web |title=Wayne Thiebaud |url=https://achievement.org/achiever/wayne-thiebaud/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Academy of Achievement |language=en-US}}</ref>