79+ Artists Like Wayne Thiebaud
The profound influence of longtime UC Davis art professor Wayne Thiebaud on a new generation of contemporary artists is the focus of a multi-faceted exhibition now on view at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California Davis. Thiebaud made a career out of his colorful confectionery paintings renderings of cakes and pies candied apples and lollipops. Wayne Thiebaud S Work Has Become Candy For Collectors Artsy Similarly to Edward Hopper Theibauds paintings capture a uniquely American sensibility and critics have compared his penchant for still life to painters like Chardin and Giorgio MorandiA conscious decision to eliminate certain details and include selective bits of personal experiences or perceptual nuances gives the painting more of a multi-dimension than when it is done directly as a visual recording he reflected. Artists like wayne thiebaud . Photo credit Nancy Kay Turner Wayne Thiebaud at Laguna Art Museum. In high school he became int...