Wayne Thiebaud - Blue Vendor - Offset Litho

Wayne Thiebaud, one of the most renowned Pop artists in America, was born in Mesa, Arizona in 1920. He is most known for his iconic images of food, rendered in a style which may have stemmed from his early experience as a freelance cartoonist in the late 1930's. While serving in the army from 1942 to 1945, Thiebaud was able to flex his artistic muscles by working as a cartoonist and painting murals for the officers' club and the post theater before being assigned to the first Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, California. In 1946, while employed as a cartoonist, he also took a job as an advertising artist in Hollywood for Universal Studios.

Thiebaud is best known for his still life paintings of everyday objects like sandwiches, gumball machines, toys, cafeteria-type foods, and especially thickly painted cakes and pies. His work illustrates a more nostalgic rather than satirical depiction of American consumerism, which was a staple of other artists of the Pop movement in the 1960's. He later went on to paint San Francisco landscapes in the 1970's. His most recent works are brilliantly colored semi-abstract California landscapes.

Freshly Framed in a shadow box

Interior Dimensions - 10" x 12"
Exterior Dimensions - 11.75" x 14.75"

12" x 15"

18%

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Jean Jacobs Gallery

84 Main Street, New Canaan, CT CT 06840

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Saturday, 3/6, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm

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