Thiebaud just turned 100 as I write this. I knew about his cakes & pies but just discovered his landscapes & cityscapes (with the different perspectives). Amazing!
I'm an art teacher, and one of my favorite projects is teaching kids how to draw 3D shapes using his paintings as examples. Love how humble and down to earth he is.
Sunday Morning did an excellent job on this; the opening cake frosting was inspired. Very glad they interviewed Allen Stone. Thanks to whoever for posting.
He's so endearing. "It's actually nice that people call you anything." Many artists today are so afraid of being 'boxed in' or labeled. He embraces the niche he created for himself. I'm a huge fan of his paintings, have been for years. Excellent video.
I have always enjoyed painting have the insite to see Colors at its best only one has to have an imagination too see be on one's search for color and paintings Reynaldo .
Always loved him. He's a bay area guy like me. My girlfriend comes from an artist family and her father met Wayne in the 60s in Berkeley. One of the greatest american masters. RIP
Love the fact that he accidentally stumbled upon an art dealer/his breakthrough, after apparently giving up. 🌈🍰💝 Sign my/your breakthrough is here/close! Keep moving! 🙏🏽🔥💯
This story woefully omits most of the famous paintings of San Francisco streets! They are extremely well known views of those impossibly steep streets. One from that group is shown for all of 2 seconds at the very end.
I've loved Wayne's work for decades, since art school, but this CBS intro to his work didn't show my favorites which are his San Francisco street skewed-perspective scenes. Those are the ones that REALLY transport me :)
Marcel Duchamp responded to a question about alchemy saying that he used alchemy in his art the only way a person could - without knowing it. Wayne Thiebaud is a student of Duchamp, even though he faults Marcel for "abandoning" painting. You can sense their kinship in Wayne's spirit and his art illustrates his admiration for the existential prankster.
@SHUNNESON1946 OMG my sympathies - but still, to have him buy one of your sculptures! I also have regrets re: Thiebaud - I went to Davis in 1970, saw Thiebaud's art, which I wanted to eat. I couldn't get into his classes as an undergrad, I only took his theory class. He berated our generation for trying to always be "cool" & the area bcuz of no good restaurants so he might move to SF & he wore the best, most whimsical ties - u prob saw those. Then I stupidly transferred to Berkeley.
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