Editing Wayne Thiebaud (section)

== Work ==
[[File:WayneThiebaudThreeMachines.jpg|thumb|''Three Machines'', 1963, [[de Young Museum]], San Francisco]]
Thiebaud is well known for his paintings of [[production line]] objects found in [[diner]]s and [[cafeteria]]s, such as pies and pastries. As a young man in Long Beach, he worked at a cafe named ''Mile High and Red Hot'', where "Mile High" was [[ice cream]] and "Red Hot" was a [[hot dog]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Scheller |first=William |title= America, a history in art: the American journey told by painters, sculptors, photographers, and architects |publisher= [[Black Dog Publishing]] |year= 2008 }}</ref>

He was associated with the [[Pop art]] painters because of his interest in objects of [[mass culture]]; however, his works, executed during the 1950s and 1960s, slightly predate the works of the classic pop artists, suggesting that Thiebaud may have had an influence on the movement. Thiebaud employed heavy [[pigment]] and exaggerated colors to depict his subjects, and the well-defined shadows characteristic of advertisements are almost always included in his work.<ref name=McGuigan /> Thiebaud was averse to labels such as "fine art" versus "commercial art" and described himself as "just an old-fashioned painter".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smithsonian.com/videos/category/arts-culture/thiebaud-on-being-a-pop-artist/|title=Thiebaud on Being a Pop Artist|work=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]|access-date=April 27, 2014|archive-date=April 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427235238/http://www.smithsonian.com/videos/category/arts-culture/thiebaud-on-being-a-pop-artist/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He disliked [[Andy Warhol]]'s "flat" and "mechanical" paintings and did not consider himself a pop artist.<ref name="Boxer">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/books/review/Boxer-t.html?_r=0|title=Life Is Sweet|last=Boxer|first=Sarah|date=February 17, 2008|work=[[New York Times]]|access-date=April 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Hodge|first=Susie|author-link=Susie Hodge|title=Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That: Modern Art Explained|year=2012|isbn=978-3-7913-4735-6|pages=42–43|publisher=Prestel |lccn=2012940064}}</ref>

In addition to pastries, Thiebaud  painted characters such as [[Mickey Mouse]] as well as [[landscape]]s, streetscapes, and cityscapes, which were influenced by the work of [[Richard Diebenkorn]].<ref name=Yau>{{cite journal|last=Yau|first=John|title=Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting|journal=The Brooklyn Rail|date=July–August 2010|url=http://brooklynrail.org/2010/07/artseen/wayne-thiebaud-70-years-of-painting}}</ref> His paintings such as ''Sunset Streets'' (1985) and ''Flatland River'' (1997) are noted for their hyper realism, and have been compared to [[Edward Hopper]]'s work, another artist who was fascinated with mundane scenes from everyday American life.<ref name=Yau />
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=== Notable works ===
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*1961    ''Drink Syrups''
*1961   ''Pies, Pies, Pies''
*1962    ''Around the Cake''
*1962    ''Bakery Counter''
*1962    ''Confections''
*1962    ''Candy Machine''
*1963    ''Display Cakes''
*1963    ''Cakes''
*1963    ''Girl with Ice Cream Cone''
*1963    ''Man with Cheddar''
*1964    ''Three Strawberry Shakes''
*1964    ''Eight Lipsticks''
*1964    ''Man Sitting – Back View''
*1964    ''Lemon Cake''
*1966    ''Powder With Puff''
*1968    ''Coloma Ridge''
*1968    ''Sandwich''
*1970    ''Seven Suckers''
*1971    ''Four Cupcakes''
*1975    ''Shoe Rows''
*1976    ''Potrero Hill''
*1977    ''24th Street Intersection''
*1981    ''Hill Street (Day City)''
*1987    ''Two Paint Cans''
*1991    ''The Three Cows''
*1992    ''Thirteen Books''
*1993    ''Apartment View''
*1993    ''Coastline'' ([[California Arts Council]] [[Vehicle registration plates of California#Optional types (specialty plates)|specialty license plate]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Wayne Thiebaud's Pop art license plate design|first=Christopher|last=Knight|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=June 29, 2010|access-date=September 4, 2015|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/06/license-plate-design-as-pop-art-by-wayne-thiebaud.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Arts Plate|publisher=[[California Arts Council]]|access-date=September 4, 2015|url=https://www.artsplate.org/}}</ref>
*1996    ''Farm Channel''
*1999    ''Reservoir''
*2000    ''Clown Cones''
*2002    ''Jolly Cones (Ice Cream Cones)''
*2008    ''Three Ice cream Cones''
*2010    ''The Google 12th Birthday Cake''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://doodles.google/doodle/googles-12th-birthday-by-wayne-thiebaud/ |title=Google's 12th Birthday by Wayne Thiebaud |access-date=June 9, 2022}}</ref>
*2010    ''Tulip Sundae''
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