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Wayne Thiebaud Gift Box, 1981
Wayne Thiebaud Gift Box, 1981 Oil on canvas 16 4/5 x 22 1/2 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Park Place, 1993
Wayne Thiebaud Park Place, 1993 Oil on canvas 60 1/4 x 54 1/4 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Various Cakes, 1981
Wayne Thiebaud Various Cakes, 1981 Oil on canvas 25 x 23 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Four Cakes, 1996
Wayne Thiebaud Four Cakes, 1996 Pastel on paper 20 x 26 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Drink Cup, 1971-72
Wayne Thiebaud Drink Cup, 1971-72 Oil on canvas 12 x 14 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Glassed Candy, 1969
Wayne Thiebaud Glassed Candy, 1969 Pastel on paper 9 x 11 1/2 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Two Candy Sticks, 2004
Wayne Thiebaud Two Candy Sticks, 2004 Oil on board 10 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Shoes and Hats, 2003
Wayne Thiebaud Shoes and Hats, 2003 Oil on canvas 22 x 28 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Candy Counter, 1963
Wayne Thiebaud Candy Counter, 1963 Oil on canvas mounted on panel 28 x 38 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Cracker Rows, 1963
Wayne Thiebaud Cracker Rows, 1963 Oil on board 13 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Out Box #1, 1972
Wayne Thiebaud Out Box #1, 1972 Oil on canvas 15 x 17 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Caged Condiments, 2000
Wayne Thiebaud Caged Condiments, 2000 Pastel on paper 22 x 26 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Dessert Cart (Study), 2003
Wayne Thiebaud Dessert Cart (Study), 2003 Oil on canvas 24 1/8 x 30 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Display Shoe, 1995
Wayne Thiebaud Display Shoe, 1995 Oil on canvas 28 5/8 x 20 3/8 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Lemon Cake, 1997
Wayne Thiebaud Lemon Cake, 1997 Pastel on paper 8 x 10 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Mickey Mouse, 1988
Wayne Thiebaud Mickey Mouse, 1988 Oil on canvas 11 x 11 1/2 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Five Streets Down, 1986
Wayne Thiebaud Five Streets Down, 1986 Oil on canvas 36 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Happy Birthday Cake, 1975
Wayne Thiebaud Happy Birthday Cake, 1975 Oil on canvas 12 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Urban Center, 1994
Wayne Thiebaud Urban Center, 1994 Acrylic on canvas 36 x 24 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Delta Farms, 1996
Wayne Thiebaud Delta Farms, 1996 Oil on canvas 30 1/4 x 36 1/4 inches
Wayne Thiebaud River Boats, 2001
Wayne Thiebaud River Boats, 2001 Oil on canvas 36 x 60 inches
Wayne Thiebaud River Ponds Study, 1998
Wayne Thiebaud River Ponds Study, 1998 Oil on wood 17 x 18 3/4 inches
Wayne Thiebaud Ballpark Franks, 2006
Wayne Thiebaud Ballpark Franks, 2006 Pastel on paper 22 1/4 x 30 1/2 inches

Press Release

Wayne Thiebaud

Paintings and Pastels

May 23 – July 7, 2012

 

John Berggruen Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings and pastels by Wayne Thiebaud. The exhibition will open on Wednesday, May 23rd, and will run through Saturday, July 7th. An opening reception will be held on May 23rd, from 5:30-7:30 pm. In addition, an illustrated catalog will be published to coincide with the exhibition. Paintings and Pastels highlights some of Thiebaud’s most significant work from throughout his sixty year career. Many of the works on view have been in private collections and have rarely been exhibited. The exhibition consists of approximately thirty examples of Thiebaud’s oeuvre, including a number of quintessential dessert and object still life works, as well as several paintings of the Sacramento delta and San Francisco cityscapes, spanning from the early 1960s through the late 2000s. The works included in this exhibition represent the qualities for which Thiebaud is most known-his use of heavy pigment and exaggerated colors to depict his subjects, and the well-defined shadows that are characteristic of advertisements.

 

Wayne Thiebaud was born on November 15, 1920 in Mesa, Arizona. From 1942 to 1945, Thiebaud served in the Air Force, assigned to the Special Services Department as an artist and cartoonist, and eventually transferred to the First Air Force Motion Picture Unit, commanded by Ronald Reagan. From 1949 to 1950, Thiebaud studied at the San Jose State University and from 1950 to 1953 at the California State University in Sacramento. He had his first solo exhibition at the Crocker Art Gallery in Sacramento. Thiebaud lectured at the Art Department of the Sacramento City College until 1959, when he became a professor at the University of California in Davis. In 1962 Thiebaud's work was included, along with Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Jim Dine, Phillip Hefferton, Joe Goode, Edward Ruscha, and Robert Dowd, in the historically important and ground-breaking "New Painting of Common Objects," curated by Walter Hopps at the Pasadena Art Museum [1]. This exhibition is historically considered one of the first Pop Art exhibitions in America. On October 14, 1994 he was presented with the National Medal of Arts. His paintings are in the collections of most major museums in the United States including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Thiebaud lives and works in Sacramento, California.

 

For further information and photographs, please contact Tatem Read at 415.781.4629 or tatem@berggruen.com. The gallery hours are Monday – Friday, 9:30-5:30, and Saturday, 10:30-5:00.