Wayne Thiebaud
About the artist:
FTIgallery.com offers a large selection of works from Blue-chip pop artists like Wayne Thiebaud. He was born on November 15, 1920 in Mesa, AZ and made his career on the West Coast. He is an American painter whose most famous works are of cakes, pastries, boots, toilets, toys and lipsticks. After graduating from college he accepted a position as a professional cartoonist at Walt Disney Studios. His years as a cartoonist influenced his mature technique, a stylized realism depicting everyday objects and scenes. Although Thiebaud is often associated with the Pop Art movement, his work does not critique the iconic imagery of American society and consumer culture, but embraces it instead. He currently lives and works in California.
